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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:50:09.591Z

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

Link: CVE-2014-1624

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2014-1624

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-1624 - Bugzilla