CVE-2015-7543 (GCVE-0-2015-7543)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-25 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
aRts 1.5.10 and kdelibs3 3.5.10 and earlier do not properly create temporary directories, which allows local users to hijack the IPC by pre-creating the temporary directory.
Severity
7.0 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1280543 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2015-11-11 00:00
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