# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-03-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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."

## What to do

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## References

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

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