CVE-2014-4910

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4910
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-24 14:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:35:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the interface name.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X Xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 All All All
Application X Xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: X.Org intel driver dev snapshots, backlight helper issue MLIST seclists.org
oss-sec: Re: X.Org intel driver dev snapshots, backlight helper issue MLIST seclists.org
108851 OSVDB osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
xf86-video-intel: tools/backlight_helper.c MLIST lists.x.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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