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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
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Updated: 2024-08-06T09:50:09.591Z
Reserved: 2014-01-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-1624

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Status : Modified
Published: 2014-01-28T00:55:04.083
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:04:44.233
Link: CVE-2014-1624
