Vulnerability CVE-2014-1624


Published: 2014-01-27   Modified: 2014-01-28

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.

Type:

CWE-59

(Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.3/10
4.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Python -> Pyxdg 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90618
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65042
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/3
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736247

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