CVE-2014-6311

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-330

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

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

Timeline

Published: Nov 22, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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