syncevo/installcheck-local.sh in syncevolution before 1.3.99.7 uses mktemp to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-01-28T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:50:10.989Z

Reserved: 2014-01-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-1639

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-01-28T00:55:04.177

Modified: 2017-08-29T01:34:26.607

Link: CVE-2014-1639

cve-icon Redhat

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