CVE-2014-9770

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Published 2016-04-20 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

3.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2

2.1

VIR risk

3.3

Description

tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf in systemd before 214 uses weak permissions for journal files under (1) /run/log/journal/%m and (2) /var/log/journal/%m, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

34%

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-2014-9770

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
suse	13.2	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`215-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`215-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`215-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`215-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`215-1`

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9770

CWEs

CWE-264

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