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.
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (75.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Vanderbilt Adaptive Communication Environment — versions 6.2.7
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6311 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/12/6 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/5 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Third Party Advisory)
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.