Vulnerability CVE-2014-5255
Published: 2019-11-21   Modified: 2019-11-24

Description:
xcfa before 5.0.1 creates temporary files insecurely which could allow local users to launch a symlink attack and overwrite arbitrary files. Note: A different vulnerability than CVE-2014-5254.

Type:

CWE-362

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.4/10
6.4/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Xcfa project -> XCFA 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69020
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756600
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-5255
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95332
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5255
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