CVE-2014-4039

low
Published 2014-06-17 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

ppc64-diag 2.6.1 uses 0775 permissions for /tmp/diagSEsnap and does not properly restrict permissions for /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in this archive, as demonstrated by /var/log/messages and /etc/yaboot.conf.

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-2014-4039

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse11affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.7.1-5
debian debianbullseyefixed2.7.1-5
debian debiansidfixed2.7.1-5

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ppc64-diag_projectppc64-diag2.6.1

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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