{"cve":"CVE-2014-5260","nvd":{"published":"2014-08-16T04:39:55.723","modified":"2026-06-17T00:11:17.560","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8","https://bugs.debian.org/756566","https://metacpan.org/diff/file?target=AMBS/XML-DT-0.64/&source=AMBS/XML-DT-0.63/","https://metacpan.org/source/AMBS/XML-DT-0.66/Changes","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8"],"products":["xml-dt_project:xml-dt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:33:06.232976534+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-5260","score":0.00349,"percentile":0.28537,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}