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CVE-2014-3982

include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary...

3.3 Low

include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file.

Exploit likelihood

0.34%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 3.3

include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file.

Record
CVE-2014-3982
CVSS 2.0
3.3 LowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file.

Record
CVE-2014-3982
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-3915 No score

include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file.

Record
EUVD-2014-3915
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h8vc-63q5-4pxr No score

include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary...

include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file.

Record
GHSA-h8vc-63q5-4pxr
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2014-3982 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Cisofy Lynis, published June 8, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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