CVE-2014-4677

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The installPackage function in the installerHelper subcomponent in Libmacgpg in GPG Suite before 2015.06 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in the xmlPath argument.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-4677
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-22T16:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-05-02T15:25:05
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-77 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gpgtools:libmacgpg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.6
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://gpgtools.org/releases/gpgsuite/2015.08/release-notes.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://bierbaumer.net/security/cve-2014-4677/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4677
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4677
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:44:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:12:42 2017-02-22T16:59Z 2017-02-22T16:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:12:42 2018-05-02T15:25:05 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:12:42 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated