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CVE-2014-3981

Date: June 8, 2014

acinclude.m4, as used in the configure script in PHP 5.5.13 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/phpglibccheck file.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (15)

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/21

Url: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67390

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104978

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3981

Url: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=91bcadd85e20e50d3f8c2e9721327681640e6f16

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT204659

Url: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683486

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141390017113542&w=2

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3981

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-3981

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	3.3
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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