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CVE-2014-6311

Date: November 22, 2019

generate_doygen.pl in ace before 6.2.7+dfsg-2 creates predictable file names in the /tmp directory which allows attackers to gain elevated privileges.

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-6311

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/5

Url: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=760709

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6311

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/12/6

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6311

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-6311

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use of Insufficiently Random Values

CWE-330

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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