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CVE-2014-5255

Date: November 21, 2019

xcfa before 5.0.1 creates temporary files insecurely which could allow local users to launch a symlink attack and overwrite arbitrary files. Note: A different vulnerability than CVE-2014-5254.

Severity Score

7.0

Related Resources (8)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/4

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5255

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95332

Url: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756600

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69020

Url: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-5255

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5255

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-5255

Severity Score

7.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Race Conditions

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.4
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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