CVE-2014-4014

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 23 Jun 2014, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 11:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
6.2 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.11% LOW
2% probability -0.46%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jun 2014, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 11:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 does not properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allows local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership of root.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.11%• Percentile: 84%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.14.8

References (10)