Vulnerability in Pocoo Jinja2
CVE-2014-0012
FileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 2.7.2 does not properly create temporary directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by pre-creating a temporary directory with a user's uid. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1402.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (36.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pocoo Jinja2 — versions 2.7.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/mitsuhiko/jinja2/pull/292
- secunia.com/advisories/56328 (third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/60738 (third-party-advisory)
- github.com/mitsuhiko/jinja2/commit/acb672b6a179567632e032f547582f30fa2f4aa7 (Exploit, Patch)
- github.com/mitsuhiko/jinja2/pull/296
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-13.xml (vendor-advisory)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/73 (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-0012?
- CVE-2014-0012 is a vulnerability in Pocoo Jinja2, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-05-19.
- Is CVE-2014-0012 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.