VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-1420

CVSS score3.8 LOW

EPSS probability0.50%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2020-09-11

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Primary references

security@ubuntu.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory