CVE-2014-2079: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• X File Explorer Project X File Explorer: version 1.32.5 only

Published 2018-07-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.