Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-4910

Title: X Xf86-Video-Intel Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-4910.

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Jul 24, 2014

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.30%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-4910: Directory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the interface name.

Impacted Vendors

x 1

Reference Links

http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-commit/2014-July/036840.html http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/108851 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/138 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/39 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94746 http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-commit/2014-July/036840.html http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/108851 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/138 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/39 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94746

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-2014-4910 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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.

July 24, 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.