VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-1638

CVSS score3.3 LOW
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-01-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Description

(1) debian/postrm and (2) debian/localepurge.config in localepurge before 0.7.3.2 use tempfile 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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references