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CVE-2014-1640

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1640 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in axiom 20100701-1.1, specifically within the axiom-test.sh script. This flaw allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files due to the script's method of creating temporary files with a predictable suffix. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low severity with local access and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20100701-1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:axiom:20100701-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 29th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/90663
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4
osvdb.org / 102383