Is CVE-2014-3981 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-3981 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3981?

CVE-2014-3981 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

CVE-2014-3981

LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD

acinclude.m4, as used in the configure script in PHP 5.5.13 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/phpglibccheck file.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.3 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
EPSS score: 0.8% (56th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-3914)
Published: June 8, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3914 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

php / php

References

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=91bcadd85e20e50d3f8c2e9721327681640e6f16
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141390017113542&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/21(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443(Third Party Advisory)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683486(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67390(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104978(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/HT204659(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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