CVE-2014-2312 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Intel's thermald software, specifically within the android_main.cpp component. It allows a local attacker to write to arbitrary files by exploiting a symlink attack on the /tmp/thermald.pid file. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:thermald:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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