CVE-2014-5002 - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

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

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Lynx Project	Lynx

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lynx_project:lynx:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-01-10T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:34:37.349Z

Reserved: 2014-07-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-5002

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-01-10T18:29:00.777

Modified: 2019-05-06T14:24:53.237

Link: CVE-2014-5002

Redhat

No data.

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