CVE-2014-2893 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

19%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

48%

The GetHTMLRunDir function in the scan-build utility in Clang 3.5 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary directories with predictable names.

The GetHTMLRunDir function in the scan-build utility in Clang 3.5 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary directories with predictable names.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-04-23 15:55:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

OpenSUSE 13.1

13.1

References

openSUSE-SU-2015:0245

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20140416 CVE request: insecure temporary file handling in clang's scan-build utility

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20140420 Re: Bug#744817: CVE request: insecure temporary file handling in clang's scan-build utility

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=744817

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

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