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CVE-2012-5660 (GCVE-0-2012-5660)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-12 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:14
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Summary
abrt-action-install-debuginfo in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to set world-writable permissions for arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on "the directories used to store information about crashes."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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