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CVE-2014-1639

Published: Jan 28, 2014

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

syncevo/installcheck-local.sh in syncevolution before 1.3.99.7 uses mktemp to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.

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References

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