{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1624","details":"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.","modified":"2025-07-18T16:42:59Z","published":"2014-01-28T00:55:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-1624"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1624"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1624"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pyxdg","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyxdg@0.25-4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.25-4"}]}],"versions":["0.25-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"python-xdg","binary_version":"0.25-4"},{"binary_name":"python3-xdg","binary_version":"0.25-4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1624.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pyxdg","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyxdg@0.25-4?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.25-4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.25-4","binary_name":"python-xdg"},{"binary_name":"python3-xdg","binary_version":"0.25-4"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1624.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}