3.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2014-1640

Published: 28/01/2014 Updated: 29/08/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 3.3 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 294
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

axiom-test.sh in axiom 20100701-1.1 uses tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.

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Debian Bug report logs - #736358 axiom: CVE-2014-1640: tmp file vulnerability Package: axiom; Maintainer for axiom is Camm Maguire <camm@debianorg>; Source for axiom is src:axiom (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivide> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:15:07 UTC Severity: important Tags: securi ...