CVE-2014-1624

python-xdg 0.25 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.0%

Classification

CWE
CWE-59
Status draft

Affected Products (2)

python/pyxdg
pypi/pyxdg < 0.26PyPI

Timeline

Published Jan 28, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026