### [CVE-2014-2524](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2524)
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### Description

The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/HotDB-Community/HotDB-Engine
- https://github.com/andir/nixos-issue-db-example