VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-1838
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.
MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · logilab/logilab-common
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57209
- http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57209
- http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.