CVE-2014-2524
GNU Readline Symlink File Creation Vulnerability
Description
The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file.
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Published Date :
Aug. 20, 2014, 2:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:06 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
4.9
Exploitability Score :
3.4
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2014-2524 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2014-2524.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2014-2524 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2014-2524 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html Added Reference http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html Added Reference http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579 Added Reference http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023 Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.2:a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.2:a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html No Types Assigned http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 15, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 14, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 21, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-2524 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-2524
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile