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CVE-2014-3982

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3982 describes a local arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability affecting Lynis versions prior to 1.5.5 on AIX systems. This flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 3.3, allows an attacker with local access to exploit a symlink race condition within the /tmp/lynis.##### file, leading to the modification of arbitrary files. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:*:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisofy:lynis:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*

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
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 44th 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

cisofy.com / files/lynis-1.5.5.tar.gz
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/14
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/06/07/3