CVE-2014-1838
MEDIUM5.6EPSS 0.04%Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in logilab-commons
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1838
Description
The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/toto.fdf.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/logilab-commonfrom 0, < 0.61.0-1
- PyPI/logilab-commonfrom 0, < 0.61.0
- PyPI/logilab-commonfrom 0, < 0.60.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/57209
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rr52-wg7f-8875
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1838
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1838
- WEBhttp://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html
- WEBhttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/logilab-common/PYSEC-2014-83.yaml
- WEBhttp://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561