CVE-2014-5260

medium

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.

References

https://metacpan.org/source/AMBS/XML-DT-0.66/Changes

https://metacpan.org/diff/file?target=AMBS/XML-DT-0.64/&source=AMBS/XML-DT-0.63/

https://bugs.debian.org/756566

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-08-16

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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