CVE-2014-1838
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in logilab-commons
5.6
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.04%
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-1838
To remediate CVE-2014-1838, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.61.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.61.0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.60.1 or later
Is CVE-2014-1838 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.61.0-1
- from 0, < 0.61.0
- from 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 |