CVE-2014-3986
include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.*.unsorted file with an easily determined name.
02 Description
include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.*.unsorted file with an easily determined name.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-06-08 18:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 11:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-06-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e8d6064265a6c1285c874131337f21400e406cd36ebaeedc70f94d75a97efe69
05 Affected products
06 References
- cisofy.comhttp://cisofy.com/files/lynis-1.5.5.tar.gz
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20140606 Re: CVE request: PHP configure script and Lynis tool /tmp/ issues reported on full disclosurehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/07/3
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20140605 CVE request: PHP configure script and Lynis tool /tmp/ issues reported on full disclosurehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/14
- seclists.org20140604 More /tmp fun (PHP, Lynis)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/21
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20140606 Re: CVE request: PHP configure script and Lynis tool /tmp/ issues reported on full disclosurehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- lynis Fixed in 1.5.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lynis Fixed in 1.5.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lynis Fixed in 1.5.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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