CVE-2014-3486

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
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: 2014-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name.

Affected products

RedHat Cloudforms 3.0 Management Engine: through 5.2.4; 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.1.6, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.3.2

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0816.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68300
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107528
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0816.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68300
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107528

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