Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-5002

Title: Lynx Project Lynx Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-5002.

CWE Category CWE-255
Published Date Jan 10, 2018
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-5002: The lynx gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby places the configured password on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing processes.

Impacted Vendors

I
invisible-island 1
U
university_of_kansas 1
L
lynx_project 1

Reference Links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/23 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.html https://github.com/panthomakos/lynx/issues/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/23 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.html https://github.com/panthomakos/lynx/issues/3
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-5002 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.