CVE-2014-5284

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

host-deny.sh in OSSEC before 2.8.1 writes to temporary files with predictable filenames without verifying ownership, which allows local users to modify access restrictions in hosts.deny and gain root privileges by creating the temporary files before automatic IP blocking is performed.

Affected products

Ossec: through 2.8.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129111/OSSEC-2.8-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35234
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/releases/tag/2.8.1
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129111/OSSEC-2.8-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35234
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/releases/tag/2.8.1

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