{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7758","details":"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.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:43:28Z","published":"2016-01-08T19:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-7758"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7758"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7758"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gummi","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gummi@0.6.5-3+deb8u2build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.5-3+deb8u2build0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["0.6.5-1","0.6.5-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.6.5-3+deb8u2build0.14.04.1","binary_name":"gummi"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7758.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}