CVE-2014-5260 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

63%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

153%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

XML-DT

First reported 10 years ago

2014-08-16 04:39:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-09-08 17:49:00

Affected Software

XML-DT 0.60

0.60

XML-DT 0.61

0.61

XML-DT 0.62

0.62

References

[oss-security] 20140815 Re: CVE Request: XML-DT: Insecure use of temporary files

https://bugs.debian.org/756566

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

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