CVE-2014-4992

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

lib/cap-strap/helpers.rb in the cap-strap gem 0.1.5 for Ruby places credentials on the useradd command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2014-4992

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-01-10T18:29:00

Last Modified Date
2018-01-30T15:15:59

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-200	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cap-strap_project:cap-strap:0.1.5:::::ruby::	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

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
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/cap-strap-0.1.5.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/9	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4992
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4992

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:49:25				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:50:10	2018-01-10T18:29Z	2018-01-10T18:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 00:50:10		2018-01-30T15:15:59	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 00:50:10		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated