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The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

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Description

The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/xml##### temporary file.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 16, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2014-5260

GHSA ID

GHSA-2f6x-v9qj-8f54

Source code

No known source code

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