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CVE-2014-5002

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.

Published

2018-01-10T18:29:00.777

Last Modified

2024-11-21T02:11:15.383

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-255

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	lynx_project	lynx	< 1.0.0	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/23 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/panthomakos/lynx/issues/3 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/23 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/panthomakos/lynx/issues/3 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)