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CVE-2014-7206

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-10-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The changelog command in Apt before 1.0.9.2 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the changelog file.

Affected products

• Debian Advanced Package Tool: through 1.0.9.1; 1.0.8
• Debian apt: 0.9.7.9-ubunto3, 0.9.7.9-ubunto4, 0.9.7.9-ubunto5, 1.0.9

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/61158
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61333
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61768
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3048
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70310
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2370-1
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763780
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96951
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61158
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61333
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61768
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3048

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