VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-5260
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.
MEDIUM 6.3EPSS 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) 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
- 6.3 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- xml-dt project/xml-dt
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8
- 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
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.