CVE-2012-5660

  1. OpenCVE
  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2012-5660
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."

6.9 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References
Link Resource
http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/libreport.git/commit/?id=3bbf961b1884dd32654dd39b360dd78ef294b10a Exploit Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0215.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887866
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4.980:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4.981:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

13 Feb 2023, 04:37

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary CVE-2012-5660 abrt: Race condition in abrt-action-install-debuginfo 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."
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5660', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5660', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0215', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0215', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5660 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0215 -
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." CVE-2012-5660 abrt: Race condition in abrt-action-install-debuginfo
Information

Published : 2013-03-12 23:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:16

NVD link : CVE-2012-5660

Mitre link : CVE-2012-5660

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-5660

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Products Affected

redhat

  • automatic_bug_reporting_tool
CWE
CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')