CVE-2014-4910

Name	CVE-2014-4910
Description	Directory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the interface name.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
xserver-xorg-video-intel (PTS)	forky, sid, bookworm, trixie	2:2.99.917+git20210115-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
xserver-xorg-video-intel	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- xserver-xorg-video-intel <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-commit/2014-July/036840.html
only experimental, and xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper not installed setuid in Debian