Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-0067

Title: Postgresql Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-0067.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Mar 31, 2014

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-0067: The "make check" command for the test suites in PostgreSQL 9.3.3 and earlier does not properly invoke initdb to specify the authentication requirements for a database cluster to be used for the tests, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this cluster.

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65721 https://support.apple.com/HT205219 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65721 https://support.apple.com/HT205219 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-0067 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.

March 31, 2014 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.