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CVE-2014-1838
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…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.34%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIlogilab-commonGHSA-rr52-wg7f-8875 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0306 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 57209 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140131 CVE request: temp file issues in python's logilab-common module (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rr52-wg7f-8875 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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