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CVE-2014-5260

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-5260 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability affecting XML-DT versions prior to 0.64. The mkxmltype and mkdtskel scripts are susceptible to a symlink attack, allowing an authenticated local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files by manipulating temporary files in /tmp. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.3, indicating medium attack complexity and high impact on integrity and availability, but no impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.63CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.60CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.61CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.62CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xml-dt_project:xml-dt:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.3MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
9.2
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8
bugs.debian.org / 756566
metacpan.org / diff/file
metacpan.org / source/AMBS/XML-DT-0.66/Changes