VulnerabilityModified
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.
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- cisofy/lynis
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://cisofy.com/files/lynis-1.5.5.tar.gz
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/07/3
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/21
- http://cisofy.com/files/lynis-1.5.5.tar.gz
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/07/3
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/21
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.