CVE-2014-7206 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Apt before version 1.0.9.2, affecting Debian's Advanced Package Tool. An attacker can leverage a symlink attack on the changelog file to write to arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.6, indicating local access with low attack complexity, and primarily impacts integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:apt:0.9.7.9:ubunto3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:apt:0.9.7.9:ubunto4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:apt:0.9.7.9:ubunto5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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