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CVE-2015-7758
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…
- 3.3LowCVSS base score
- 0.39%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756432 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2369 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-e21be93421 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0574 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-94b0b50351 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151008 Re: CVE request: Gummi (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151008 CVE request: Gummi (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-7658 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-7758)Record last updated .