CVE-2014-2093 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Catfish through 0.4.0.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse catfish.py in the current working directory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00066.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Catfish Project Subscribe	Catfish Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:catfish_project:catfish:0.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:catfish_project:catfish:0.4.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:catfish_project:catfish:0.4.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:catfish_project:catfish:0.4.0.3:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-2133	Untrusted search path vulnerability in Catfish through 0.4.0.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse catfish.py in the current working directory.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/25/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/25/4
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=739958
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069396

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-02-26T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:05:57.928Z

Reserved: 2014-02-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-2093

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-02-26T14:55:08.553

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-2093

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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