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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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
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2014-01-28T00:55:04.177
Modified: 2017-08-29T01:34:26.607
Link: CVE-2014-1639
Redhat
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