CVE-2014-3486

medium

Published 2014-07-07 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.9

Description

The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name.

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.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
redhat	cloudforms_3.0_management_engine	`{"endIncluding":"5.2.4"}`
redhat	cloudforms_3.0_management_engine	`5.2`
redhat	cloudforms_3.0_management_engine	`5.2.1`
redhat	cloudforms_3.0_management_engine	`5.2.1.6`
redhat	cloudforms_3.0_management_engine	`5.2.2`
redhat	cloudforms_3.0_management_engine	`5.2.3`
redhat	cloudforms_3.0_management_engine	`5.2.3.2`

References

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.