CVE-2014-7206
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-10-15 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 12:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-09-27
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 166f5424d1fa368e65ae4b44d216638c2cf3e5fdb7e70cd3ee792dda49b08be5
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com61333http://secunia.com/advisories/61333
- www.debian.orgDSA-3048http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3048
- secunia.com61768http://secunia.com/advisories/61768
- secunia.com61158http://secunia.com/advisories/61158
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763780
- www.securityfocus.com70310http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70310
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2370-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2370-1
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comapt-cve20147206-symlink(96951)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96951
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- apt Fixed in 1.0.9.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- apt Fixed in 1.0.9.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- apt Fixed in 1.0.9.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- apt Fixed in 1.0.1ubuntu2.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.