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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-01-28T00:00:00

Updated: 2017-08-28T12:57:01

Reserved: 2014-01-21T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2014-1624

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-01-28T00:55:04.083

Modified: 2017-08-29T01:34:26.343


Link: CVE-2014-1624

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