CVE-2014-1639 — syncevo/installcheck-local.sh in syncevolution before 1.3.99.7 uses mktemp to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename

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syncevo/installcheck-local.sh in syncevolution before 1.3.99.7 uses mktemp to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename

Published Jan 28, 2014

3.3

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.35%

Description

syncevo/installcheck-local.sh in syncevolution before 1.3.99.7 uses mktemp to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.35% 0.00354

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00354

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.35% (0.00354)	26.76th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.35% (0.00354)	27.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00048)	12.15th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.03% (0.01034)	41.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	39.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	37.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	20.32th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-59

References (6)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736357
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.osvdb.org/102380
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90662
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736357		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.osvdb.org/102380		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90662		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 28, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 22, 2014

Link CVE-2014-1639

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-1639

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-1639