CVE-2014-5260
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-5153)
- Published
- August 16, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5153 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xml-dt project / xml-dt
- xml-dt project / xml-dt
- xml-dt project / xml-dt
- xml-dt project / xml-dt
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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