CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-5254
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-11-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
xcfa before 5.0.1 creates temporary files insecurely which could allow local users to launch a symlink attack and overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected configurations
• xcfa project xcfa (< 5.0.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69020 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756600 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95331 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5254 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69020 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756600 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95331 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5254 Third Party Advisory