CVE-2014-1420

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

On desktop, Ubuntu UI Toolkit's StateSaver would serialise data on tmp/ files which an attacker could use to expose potentially sensitive data. StateSaver would also open files without the O_EXCL flag. An attacker could exploit this to launch a symlink attack, though this is partially mitigated by symlink and hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. Fixed in 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 3.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59 CWE-502

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Canonical	ubuntu-ui-toolkit	>= 1.1.1188, < 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1

References

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/staging/revision/1182Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1348241Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/staging/revision/1182Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1348241Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 11, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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