CVE-2014-3486

medium
Published 2014-07-07 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0816.html

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhatcloudforms_3.0_management_engine{"endIncluding":"5.2.4"}
redhatcloudforms_3.0_management_engine5.2
redhatcloudforms_3.0_management_engine5.2.1
redhatcloudforms_3.0_management_engine5.2.1.6
redhatcloudforms_3.0_management_engine5.2.2
redhatcloudforms_3.0_management_engine5.2.3
redhatcloudforms_3.0_management_engine5.2.3.2

References

CWEs

CWE-59

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