CVE-2014-1624 (GCVE-0-2014-1624)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-28 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:50
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Summary
Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the get_runtime_dir function is called.
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CWE
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2014-01-21 00:00
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