CVE-2014-1859

MEDIUM

NumPy < 1.8.1 - Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Attack on Temporary Files

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

(1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4) lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128781.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65440
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737778
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/4262
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062009
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/3
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128358.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91317

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0047
EPSS Percentile 37.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (7)
fedoraproject/fedora 19
fedoraproject/fedora 20
numpy/numpy 1.8.1 rc1
numpy/numpy < 1.8.0
pypi/numpy 0 - 1.8.1PyPI
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
Published Jan 08, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026