CVE-2014-3981
acinclude.m4, as used in the configure script in PHP 5.5.13 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/phpglibccheck file.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.78%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
acinclude.m4, as used in the configure script in PHP 5.5.13 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/phpglibccheck file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.78% probability · 56th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- php/php
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=91bcadd85e20e50d3f8c2e9721327681640e6f16
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlMailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141390017113542&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/21Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443Third Party Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683486Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67390Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104978Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659Third Party Advisory
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=91bcadd85e20e50d3f8c2e9721327681640e6f16
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlMailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141390017113542&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/21Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443Third Party Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683486Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67390Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104978Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.