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.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3919 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:04:27.801Z

Reserved: 2014-06-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-3986

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-06-08T18:55:06.673

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-3986

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