include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite…
Priority LOW 16CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0034 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:*:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* | up to 1.5.4 | Vulnerable | Cisofy |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* | 1.5.0 | Vulnerable | Cisofy |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* | 1.5.1 | Vulnerable | Cisofy |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* | 1.5.2 | Vulnerable | Cisofy |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* | 1.5.3 | Vulnerable | Cisofy |
- cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:*:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* Versions up to 1.5.4 Vulnerable ·Cisofy
- cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* Versions 1.5.0 Vulnerable ·Cisofy
- cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* Versions 1.5.1 Vulnerable ·Cisofy
- cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* Versions 1.5.2 Vulnerable ·Cisofy
- cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* Versions 1.5.3 Vulnerable ·Cisofy
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-3982
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h8vc-63q5-4pxr
References
Other 3
- [oss-security] 20140606 Re: CVE request: PHP configure script and Lynis tool /tmp/ issues reported on full disclosure
- [oss-security] 20140605 CVE request: PHP configure script and Lynis tool /tmp/ issues reported on full disclosure
- [oss-security] 20140606 Re: CVE request: PHP configure script and Lynis tool /tmp/ issues reported on full disclosure
More Cisofy Lynis vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-05685 Unspecified tests in Lynis before 2.5.0 allow local users to write to arbitrary files or… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-10863 CISOfy Lynis before 3.0.0 has Incorrect Access Control because of a TOCTOU race condition. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.2
- TI-2019-09766 In CISOfy Lynis 2.x through 2.7.5, the license key can be obtained by looking at the… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.3
- TI-2014-03252 include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.3
Sources
- CVE-2014-3982 · CVE Program
- CVE-2014-3982 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h8vc-63q5-4pxr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2014-3982 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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