CVE-2014-3982

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

08/06/2014

Last modified:

06/05/2026

Description

include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

3.30

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis::::::aix::*		1.5.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.0:::::aix::
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.1:::::aix::
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.2:::::aix::
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.3:::::aix::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis::::::aix::*		1.5.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.0:::::aix::
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.1:::::aix::
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.2:::::aix::
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.3:::::aix::

CVE-2014-3982

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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