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eyeD3 is vulnerable to arbitrary file modification via symlink attack

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 4, 2023

Package

pip eyeD3 (pip)

Affected versions

< 0.7.5

Patched versions

0.7.5

Description

tag.py in eyeD3 (aka python-eyed3) 0.7.5 and earlier for Python allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 8, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Aug 4, 2023
Last updated Aug 4, 2023

Severity

Moderate
4.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2014-1934

GHSA ID

GHSA-4r2w-w73w-36jm

Source code

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