CVE-2012-5660

Exp

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."

Published: 2013-03-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5660 is rated Exploit Available (50.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5660

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5660

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.31% +0.27%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5660

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5660

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5660

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5660

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5660

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool <= 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.4.980 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4.980:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.4.981 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4.981:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5660

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