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CVE-2014-1838

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4 EPSS 0.35%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-03-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2014-1838
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.4
EPSS
0.35%

Original NVD 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.