CVE-2014-1420

LOW

Canonical Ubuntu-ui-toolkit - Symlink Following

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (2)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/staging/revision/1182

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1348241

Scores

CVSS v3 3.8

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 11.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-502 CWE-59

Status published

Affected Products (1)

canonical/ubuntu-ui-toolkit < 1.1.1188\+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1

Timeline

Published Sep 11, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026