abrt: Race condition in abrt-action-install-debuginfo
Published Mar 12, 2013
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.31%
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."
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.0.9
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.4.980
- 2.0.4.981
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0215
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libreport-0:2.0.9-5.el6_3.2
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0215
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0215 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libreport-0:2.0.9-5.el6_3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0215 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00313) | 21.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00313) | 22.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00029) | 5.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 29.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/libreport.git/commit/?id=3bbf961b1884dd32654dd39b360dd78ef294b10a x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0215.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5660 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887866 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5660
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5660
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/libreport.git/commit/?id=3bbf961b1884dd32654dd39b360dd78ef294b10a | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0215.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5660 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887866 | x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5660 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5660 |
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