Vulnerability Details CVE-2014-1420
On desktop, Ubuntu UI Toolkit's StateSaver would serialise data on tmp/ files which an attacker could use to expose potentially sensitive data. StateSaver would also open files without the O_EXCL flag. An attacker could exploit this to launch a symlink attack, though this is partially mitigated by symlink and hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. Fixed in 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 10.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 3.8
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
Products affected by CVE-2014-1420
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu-ui-toolkit:1.1.1188