CVE-2014-4910

Directory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the interface name.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2014-07-24

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Xf86-video-intel (X)

References

• http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-commit/2014-July/036840.html
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/108851
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/138
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/39
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94746