CVE-2014-5255

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-5255
  • Assigner
  • security@debian.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-11-21T23:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-18T15:05:57
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:xcfa_project:xcfa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.0.1
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5255 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-5255 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95332 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756600 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69020 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5255
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5255
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:20:13 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 06:45:37 2019-11-21T23:15Z 2019-11-21T23:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 06:45:37 2020-08-18T15:05:57 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 06:45:37 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated