CVE-2014-7817

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-11-20

Description

It was found that the wordexp() function would perform command substitution even when the WRDE_NOCMD flag was specified. An attacker able to provide specially crafted input to an application using the wordexp() function, and not sanitizing the input correctly, could potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with the credentials of the user running that application.

See more information about CVE-2014-7817 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	3.6	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)	ELSA-2015-0016	2015-01-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2014-2023	2014-12-18
Oracle VM version 3.3 (glibc)	OVMSA-2015-0003	2015-01-08

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