Description
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.
Published: 2014-01-28
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0096 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7372-q459-jxhr pyxdg Arbitrary File Overwrite via Race Condition
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:50:09.591Z

Reserved: 2014-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-1624

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-01-28T00:55:04.083

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2014-1624

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-1624 - Bugzilla

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