Description
The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/toto.fdf.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/57209
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986
Scores
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
25.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (4)
logilab/logilab-common
< 0.60.0
opensuse/opensuse
12.3
opensuse/opensuse
13.1
pypi/logilab-common
0 - 0.61.0PyPI
Published
Mar 11, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026