High severity · published Apr 27, 2018
CVE-2014-1846
Enlightenment before 0.17.6 might allow local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the gdb method
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Enlightenment before 0.17.6 might allow local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the gdb method.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EN
Enlightenment · Enlightenment
before 0.17.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1846
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1846
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/03/19
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059410
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91215
Patch
https://git.enlightenment.org/core/enlightenment.git/commit/?id=bb4a21e98656fe2c7d98ba2163e6defe9a630e2b
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