Vulnerability in Vanderbilt Adaptive Communication Environment
CVE-2014-6311
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.
EPSS: 0.017 (74.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Vanderbilt Adaptive_communication_environment — versions 6.2.7
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-6311?
- CVE-2014-6311 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Adaptive Communication Environment, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-11-22.
- How severe is CVE-2014-6311?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.