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CVE-2014-9512 json

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

published 2015-02-12 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9327

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • rsync Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.1.1-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9512

  • rsync Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9512

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • rsync SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.1.0-9.3
  • rsync SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 3.0.4-2.52.1
  • rsync SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +4 more 3.0.4-2.49.1
  • rsync SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 SP1 +3 more 3.1.0-6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2151-1SUSE-SU-2016:1866-1SUSE-SU-2016:0176-1SUSE-SU-2016:0173-1

  • rsync openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.1.2-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10548-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-9512 updated cvss 4.3

rsync: Transferring file outside destination path via just-sent symlink

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 rsync Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 rsync Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 rsync
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.samba.org https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10977 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • xteam.baidu.com http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=169 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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