CVE-2014-3431 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Symantec PGP Desktop 10.x and Encryption Desktop Professional 10.3.x before 10.3.2 MP2 on OS X. The flaw stems from world-writable permissions on temporary files, allowing authenticated local users to bypass security restrictions and manipulate files. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local user authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure, modification, or denial of service. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:encryption_desktop:10.3.0:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* | ||
10.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:encryption_desktop:10.3.1:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* | ||
10.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:encryption_desktop:10.3.2:-:*:*:professional:*:*:* | ||
10.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:encryption_desktop:10.3.2:mp1:*:*:professional:*:*:* | ||
10.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.