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CVE-2014-9512

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

rsync 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization path.

Affected products

• Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 10.0, 11.3
• RsyncProject rsync: 3.1.1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00041.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00095.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00112.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76093
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034786
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2879-1
• http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=169
• https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10977
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-04
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211168
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170

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