CVE-2014-1838

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 None

Description

The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/toto.fdf.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2014-1838

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2014-03-11T19:37:04

Last Modified Date
2018-10-30T16:27:34

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:logilab:logilab-common::::::::	1	OR	0.60.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051
http://secunia.com/advisories/57209
http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1838
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1838

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:56:30				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 22:15:09	2014-03-11T19:37Z	2014-03-11T19:37:04	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-01 22:15:09		2018-10-30T16:27:34	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-01 22:15:09		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated