CVE-2014-1624

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1624
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-28 00:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.000460000 probability, percentile 0.140660000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Pyxdg 0.25 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: Fwd: [Python-modules-team] Bug#736247: python-xdg: get_runtime_dir(strict=False): insecure use of /tmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
#736247 - python-xdg: get_runtime_dir(strict=False): insecure use of /tmp (CVE-2014-1624) - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
oss-security - Fwd: [Python-modules-team] Bug#736247: python-xdg: get_runtime_dir(strict=False): insecure use of /tmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
python-xdg '/tmp' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 994913 Python (Pip) Security Update for pyxdg (GHSA-7372-q459-jxhr)
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