CVE-2014-4677 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The installPackage function in the installerHelper subcomponent in Libmacgpg in GPG Suite before 2015.06 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in the xmlPath argument.

Published: 2017-02-22

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gpgtools:libmacgpg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-4597	The installPackage function in the installerHelper subcomponent in Libmacgpg in GPG Suite before 2015.06 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in the xmlPath argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00175.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bierbaumer.net/security/cve-2014-4677/
https://gpgtools.org/releases/gpgsuite/2015.08/release-notes.html

History

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Subscriptions

Gpgtools Libmacgpg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-22T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:27:35.288Z

Reserved: 2014-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-4677

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-22T16:59:00.147

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:10:26.620

Link: CVE-2014-4677

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-77

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