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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-5660 · published 12 March 2013

CVE-2012-5660: Redhat automatic bug reporting tool permissions and access controls vulnerability

Redhat · Automatic Bug Reporting Tool

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."

6.9 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.31% · top 78.2% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controlsCWE-362 · Race condition
6.9CVSS 2.0 base score
0.31%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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."

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-5660), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.