CVE-2014-1859
Numpy arbitrary file write via symlink attack
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.05%
Description
(1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4) lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
How to fix CVE-2014-1859
To remediate CVE-2014-1859, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/python-numpy—upgrade to 1:1.8.1~rc1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.1 or later
- —upgrade to 0bb46c1448b0d3f5453d5182a17ea7ac5854ee15 or later
Is CVE-2014-1859 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1:1.8.1~rc1-1
- from 0, < 1.8.1
- from 0, < 0bb46c1448b0d3f5453d5182a17ea7ac5854ee15 | from 0, < 1.8.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |