Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-9512

Title: Samba Rsync

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-9512.

CWE Category CWE-59

Published Date Feb 12, 2015

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

6.50%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-9512: rsync 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization path.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

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 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211171 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211175 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289 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 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211171 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211175 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-9512 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 12, 2015 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.