Name: CVE-2014-1420: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-1420, CWE-59, CWE-502, CVSS 3.8, EPSS 0.00038

On desktop, Ubuntu UI Toolkit's StateSaver would serialise data on tmp/ files which an attacker could use to expose potentially sensitive data. StateSaver would also open files without the O_EXCL flag. An attacker could exploit this to launch a symlink attack, though this is partially mitigated by symlink and hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. Fixed in 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade ubuntu-ui-toolkit	Nov 19, 2024	Sep 11, 2020

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CVSS Details

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