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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2079

X File Explorer (aka xfe) might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions and gain access to arbitrary files by leveraging failure to use directory masks when creating files on Samba and NFS shares.

Products
xfe
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.37-2
CVEs
CVE-2014-2079
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 21:50 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2079

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Jul 2018, 14:29 UTC

X File Explorer (aka xfe) might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions and gain access to arbitrary files by leveraging failure to use directory masks when creating files on Samba and NFS shares.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2079

xfe

Fixed versions: 1.37-2

xfe

Fixed versions: 1.37-2

xfe

Fixed versions: 1.37-2

Complete source record
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  "id": "5dda0bb2154a63b225c3f310a7fef68ac1eae28c77bedd35709b338e8f78e62f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2079",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2079",
    "summary": "X File Explorer (aka xfe) might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions and gain access to arbitrary files by leveraging failure to use directory masks when creating files on Samba and NFS shares.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2079",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "xfe",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.37-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "xfe",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "1.37-2",
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          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
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        },
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          }
        ],
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      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              ]
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          ],
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            "name": "xfe",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/xfe?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2079.json"
          },
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            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "xfe",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/xfe?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2079.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
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          }
        },
        {
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "xfe",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/xfe?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2079.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T16:00:21.262521989Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2014-2079"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2079"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2014-2079",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 414653,
  "published_at": "2018-07-16T14:29:00.327+00:00"
}