7.2

CVE-2014-3563: saltstack salt Link Following

CVSS: 7.2v2.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-mfr3-9cj8-h2qmPYSEC-2014-18UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3563
Published 22-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3563 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Link Following vulnerability in saltstack salt. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-4769-1

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Salt (aka SaltStack) before 2014.1.10 allow local users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to temporary file creation in (1) seed.py, (2) salt-ssh, or (3) salt-cloud.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

34%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.41% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

PyPI1 product
  • salt< 2014.1.10
Saltstack1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • salt< 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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