CVE-2014-1624

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

0.32%

Published

Jan 27, 2014

Modified

Apr 28, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in python-xdg 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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

Affected Products (1)

python · pyxdgvulnerable

References (10)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736247

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/4

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65042

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90618

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736247

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/4

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65042

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