Vulnerability CVE-2014-7206
Published: 2014-10-15

Description:
The changelog command in Apt before 1.0.9.2 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the changelog file.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.6/10
4.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Debian -> APT 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3048
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70310
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2370-1
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763780
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96951
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