🛡️ CVE-2014-1624 — pyxdg

🟢 CVSS 2.0 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 OSV
2.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

pyxdg Arbitrary File Overwrite via Race Condition

Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in pyxdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the get_runtime_dir function is called.

Weakness class

CVE-2014-1624 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

CVE-2014-1624 is recorded against 1 package.

  • pyxdg (fixed in 0.26)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 6 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
web.archive.org (Web)
bugs.debian.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-12-06
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pyxdg 0.26

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