Description
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.
Published: 2020-09-10
Score: 3.8 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1496 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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Canonical Ubuntu-ui-toolkit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:08:12.605Z

Reserved: 2014-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-1420

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cve-icon 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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