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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.

Published

2014-06-08T18:55:06.673

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	cisofy	lynis	≤ 1.5.4	Yes
Application	cisofy	lynis	1.5.0	Yes
Application	cisofy	lynis	1.5.1	Yes
Application	cisofy	lynis	1.5.2	Yes
Application	cisofy	lynis	1.5.3	Yes

References

http://cisofy.com/files/lynis-1.5.5.tar.gz ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/14 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/07/3 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/21 ([email protected])
http://cisofy.com/files/lynis-1.5.5.tar.gz (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/14 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/07/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/21 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)