CVE-2014-1640

low
Published 2014-01-28 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
3.3

Description

axiom-test.sh in axiom 20100701-1.1 uses tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1640

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed20120501-17
debian debianbullseyefixed20120501-17
debian debianforkyfixed20120501-17
debian debiansidfixed20120501-17
debian debiantrixiefixed20120501-17

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
debian debianaxiom20100701-1.1

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.