CVE-2014-1838

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    CVE-2014-1838

    Published: 11 Mar 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/toto.fdf.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/57209, http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html, http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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