Is CVE-2014-4038 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-4038 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-4038?

CVE-2014-4038 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.4 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-4038

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.4 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
EPSS score: 0.4% (29th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-3969)
Published: June 17, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3969 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

ppc64-diag project / ppc64-diag
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00018.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0383.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1320.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60616
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68049
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882667(Issue Tracking)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109371(Issue Tracking)

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

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