CVE-2014-2893

low
Published 2014-04-23 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
1.9

Description

The GetHTMLRunDir function in the scan-build utility in Clang 3.5 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary directories with predictable names.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse13.1affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
llvmclang{"endIncluding":"3.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-59

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