VladTheEnterprising allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0043, the 37th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 14 May 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2
• OSV: GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4996
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94744
• web.archive.org/web/20200229054941/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68731
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
• www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.