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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-5260

CVE-2014-5260

Description

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.

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Affected products

4
  • XML Dt Project/XML Dt4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.63
    • cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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