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CVE-2014-1624

CVE-2014-1624 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.32% · 24.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.32%
24.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSpyxdg0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSpyxdg0, 0.25-3

Timeline

  • Jan 28, 2014 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
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