CVE-2014-6311
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 22, 2019 at 06:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:12 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxAdaptive Communication Environment
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/5x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/12/6x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=760709x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6311CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-330
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