Gummi 0.6.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary dot file that uses the name of an existing file and a (1) .aux, (2) .log, (3) .out, (4) .pdf, or (5) .toc extension for the file name, as demonstrated by .thesis.tex.aux.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T07:58:59.962Z
Reserved: 2015-10-08T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-7758

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-01-08T19:59:09.163
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-7758

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