Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability in Gummi 0.6.5

CVE-2015-7758 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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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