CVE-2014-3219

fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER, (3) /tmp/.yum-cache.$USER, or (4) /tmp/.rpm-cache.$USER.

Published: 2018-02-09 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3219 is rated Low Risk (33.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3219

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.07% 0.03% -0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3219

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.1 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3219

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3219

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-3219 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (fish), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3219
gentoo high CVE-2014-3219: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-49), 1 atom(s) (app-shells/fish); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-3219
suse high CVE-2014-3219 severity important: SUSE including 8 source package names (fish-2.2.0-6.1, fish-2.4.0-1.1, …), 8 product×package rows across 5 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, SUSE Package Hub 12, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 8. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3219/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3219 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (fish), 15 status rows across 15 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 9, not-affected 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3219

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3219

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fishshell fish < 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:fishshell:fish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 19 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3219

URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132751.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00059.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00071.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-49.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/28/8 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67115 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1092091 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/commit/3225d7e169a9edb2f470c26989e7bc8e0d0355ce Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1440 Third Party Advisory
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