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CVE-2014-5260

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Date: August 15, 2014

The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file.

Language: Perl

Severity Score

6.7

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5260

Url: https://bugs.debian.org/756566

Url: https://metacpan.org/diff/file?target=AMBS/XML-DT-0.64/&source=AMBS/XML-DT-0.63/

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5260

Url: https://metacpan.org/source/AMBS/XML-DT-0.66/Changes

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-5260

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-5260

Severity Score

6.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 0.64

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.7
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.3
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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