6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-9512
rsync Symlink File Write Vulnerability
Description

rsync 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization path.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 12, 2015, 4:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:21 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9512 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Oracle solaris
1 Samba rsync
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-9512.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00041.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00095.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00112.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76093
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034786
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2879-1
http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=169 Exploit
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10977 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-04 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211168
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211171
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211175
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00041.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00095.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00112.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76093
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034786
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2879-1
http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=169 Exploit
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10977 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-04 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211168
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211171
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211175
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-9512 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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00041.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00095.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00112.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76093
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034786
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2879-1
    Added Reference http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=169
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10977
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-04
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211168
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211171
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211175
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211175 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211171 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211168 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289 [No Types Assigned]
  • 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:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 10, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034786 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2879-1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00095.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76093 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00041.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00041.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-04 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-04 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10977 Exploit https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10977 Issue Tracking, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00112.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00112.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00112.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-04
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10977 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10977 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=169 No Types Assigned http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=169 Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-59
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-9512 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-9512 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.16 }} -0.91%

score

0.84644

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability