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HistoryJan 28, 2014 - 12:55 a.m.

PYSEC-2014-95

2014-01-2800:55:00
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osv.dev
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Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the get_runtime_dir function is called.