CVE-2014-2893
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.9
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| llvm | clang | {"endIncluding":"3.5"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00038.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/16/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/20/1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=744817
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00038.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/16/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/20/1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=744817
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.