CVE-2014-1624

Published Jan 28, 2014

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.3
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 3.4
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:python:pyxdg:0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "C1A9B8AF-17C0-4B47-A6D4-5C8A25EC5982"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References