Race condition vulnerability in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files

CVE-2014-1624 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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.

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