CVE-2014-1838

medium

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.

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051

http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561

http://secunia.com/advisories/57209

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-03-11

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium