CVE-2014-1833 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the uupdate utility within devscripts 2.14.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files on a system by exploiting a crafted .orig.tar file, leveraging a symlink. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, but only impacts integrity (data modification). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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