{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2014-1624", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the get_runtime_dir function is called." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "[oss-security] 20140121 Re: Fwd: [Python-modules-team] Bug#736247: python-xdg: get_runtime_dir(strict=False): insecure use of /tmp", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/4" }, { "name": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736247", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736247" }, { "name": "pythonxdg-cve20141624-symlink(90618)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90618" }, { "name": "65042", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65042" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20140121 Fwd: [Python-modules-team] Bug#736247: python-xdg: get_runtime_dir(strict=False): insecure use of /tmp", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/3" } ] } }