VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-3986

CVSS score3.3 NONE
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-06-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Primary references