CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-1624
3.3 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-01-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the get_runtime_dir function is called.
Affected configurations
• python pyxdg 0.25
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736247 bugs.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65042 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90618 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736247 bugs.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65042 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90618 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com