{"id":"CVE-2014-1838","aliases":["GHSA-rr52-wg7f-8875","PYSEC-2014-83"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2014-1838","summary":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in logilab-commons","details":"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.","published":"2014-03-11T19:37:04Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:18:37.589051032Z","cvss":{"score":5.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},"epss":{"score":0.00346,"percentile":0.27653,"asOf":"2026-08-18"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"logilab-common","fixedVersion":"0.61.0"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/57209"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-04-16T06:18:37.589051032Z"}}