Security Advisory
CVE-2015-7758
3.3
LOW
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
January 8, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory