CVE-2014-5260

Published Aug 16, 2014

Last updated 10 years ago

Overview

Description
The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file.
Source
security@debian.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.3
Impact score
9.2
Exploitability score
3.4
Vector string
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-59

Configurations