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CVE-2014-2312

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The main function in android_main.cpp in thermald allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/thermald.pid.

Affected products

• Intel Thermald: before 1.8 — fixed in 1.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Thermald 1.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/08/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/09/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/08/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/09/2

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