Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-6407

RCE

Title: Docker RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-6407.

CWE Category CWE-59
Published Date Dec 12, 2014
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.86%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-6407: Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.

Impacted Vendors

D
docker 1
R
redhat 1
S
synology 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00009.html http://secunia.com/advisories/60171 http://secunia.com/advisories/60241 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5 https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00009.html http://secunia.com/advisories/60171 http://secunia.com/advisories/60241 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5 https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-6407 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.