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


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)ELSA-2015-00162015-01-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)ELSA-2014-20232014-12-18
Oracle VM version 3.3 (glibc)OVMSA-2015-00032015-01-08



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