CVE-2014-1838

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

11/03/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.40

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:logilab:logilab-common::::::::		0.60.0 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2014-1838

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools