CVE-2014-7206
LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The changelog command in Apt before 1.0.9.2 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the changelog file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-7079)
- Published
- October 15, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-7079 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / advanced package tool
- debian / advanced package tool
- debian / apt
- debian / apt
- debian / apt
- debian / apt
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61158
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61768
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3048(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70310
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2370-1(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763780
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96951
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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