On desktop, Ubuntu UI Toolkit's StateSaver would serialise data on tmp/ files which an attacker could use to expose potentially sensitive data. StateSaver would also open files without the O_EXCL flag. An attacker could exploit this to launch a symlink attack, though this is partially mitigated by symlink and hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. Fixed in 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published: 2020-09-10T23:55:14.770958Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T17:08:12.605Z
Reserved: 2014-01-13T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-1420
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-09-11T00:15:11.733
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:04:14.777
Link: CVE-2014-1420
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