PT-2020-7602

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ubuntu UI Toolkit versions prior to 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1 Description The issue concerns the StateSaver component in Ubuntu UI Toolkit, which serializes data to tmp/ files. This could allow an attacker to expose potentially...

CVE-2014-1420: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

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 OEXCL flag. An attacker could exploit this to launch a symlink attack, though this is partially mitigated by...