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CVE-2014-6311

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-330

Description

generate_doygen.pl in ace before 6.2.7+dfsg-2 creates predictable file names in the /tmp directory which allows attackers to gain elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• Vanderbilt Adaptive Communication Environment: through 6.2.6; 6.2.7, 6.2.7-dfsg-2

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/12/6
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=760709
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6311
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/12/6
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=760709
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6311

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