rsync 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization path.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9512 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.88%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 31.86% | 8.88% | -22.98% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 8.88% | 31.86% | +22.98% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 8.88% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
low | CVE-2014-9512 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rsync), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9512 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2014-9512: 1 GLSA(s) (201605-04), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/rsync); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-9512 |
redhat
|
medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9512 |
suse
|
medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9512/ |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2014-9512 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rsync), 7 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily): released 5, ignored 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9512 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| samba | rsync | 3.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.1 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.2 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | solaris | 10.0 | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | solaris | 11.3 | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |