CVE-2014-5260

CVSS V2 Medium 6.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-5260
  • Assigner
  • security@debian.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2014-08-16T04:39:55
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2014-09-08T17:49:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.63
cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 9.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8
https://metacpan.org/diff/file?target=AMBS/XML-DT-0.64/&source=AMBS/XML-DT-0.63/
https://metacpan.org/source/AMBS/XML-DT-0.66/Changes
https://bugs.debian.org/756566
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5260
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5260
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:32:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 00:16:31 2014-08-16T04:39Z 2014-08-16T04:39:55 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 00:16:31 2014-09-08T17:49:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 00:16:31 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated