CVE-2014-9512

medium
Published 2015-02-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.4
VIR risk
6.4

Description

rsync 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization path.

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-2014-9512

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9512.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.1.1-3
debian debianbullseyefixed3.1.1-3
debian debianforkyfixed3.1.1-3
debian debiansidfixed3.1.1-3
debian debiantrixiefixed3.1.1-3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
sambarsync3.1.1

References

CWEs

CWE-59

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