CVE-2014-3925: canonical ubuntu_linux Credentials Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-3925 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 01-06-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
sosreport in Red Hat sos 1.7 and earlier on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 produces an archive with an fstab file potentially containing cleartext passwords, and lacks a warning about reviewing this archive to detect included passwords, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a technical-support data stream.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.15%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
82%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.15% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat2 products
- sos≤ 1.7
- sos< 0:1.7-9.73.el5
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL14.04 | 15.04 | 15.10
Ubuntu1 product
- sosreport< 3.1-1ubuntu2.2
3 vendors · 4 products
