CVE-2014-3986

include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.*.unsorted file with an easily determined name.

Published: 2014-06-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3986 is rated Low Risk (17.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3986

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 2026-05-25 0.14% 0.04% -0.10%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.14% +0.10%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3986

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3986

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3986

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3986 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lynis), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3986
ubuntu low CVE-2014-3986 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (lynis), 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-2014-3986

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3986

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisofy lynis <= 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisofy lynis 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisofy lynis 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisofy lynis 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisofy lynis 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3986

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