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CVE-2014-2893

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2893 describes a symlink vulnerability in the scan-build utility of Clang 3.5 and earlier, affecting LLVM and openSUSE distributions. An attacker can exploit this flaw by creating predictable temporary directories, potentially leading to information disclosure or arbitrary file overwrites. With a CVSS score of 1.9, this is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access and medium attack complexity for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:llvm:clang:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.9LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-2893Low

llvm: insecure temporary file handling in clang's scan-build utility

Apr 15, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/16/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/20/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory