CVE - CVE-2014-1838

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1838	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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CONFIRM:http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561 CONFIRM:https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140131 CVE request: temp file issues in python's logilab-common module URL:http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986 SECUNIA:57209 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/57209 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:0306 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140202	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140202)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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