CVE-2014-3499
docker: systemd socket activation results in privilege escalation
Severity Score
8.4
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
Docker 1.0.0 uses world-readable and world-writable permissions on the management socket, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Docker 1.0.0 utiliza permisos de lectura universal y escritura universal en el socket de gestión, lo que permite a usuarios locales ganar privilegios a través de vectores no especificados.
Docker is a service providing container management on Linux. It was found that the socket used to manage the Docker service was world readable and writable. A local user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root.
*Credits:
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2014-05-14 CVE Reserved
- 2014-07-01 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
- CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CAPEC
References (3)
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0820.html | 2023-02-13 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111687 | 2014-07-01 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3499 | 2014-07-01 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Docker Search vendor "Docker" | Docker Search vendor "Docker" for product "Docker" | 1.0.0 Search vendor "Docker" for product "Docker" and version "1.0.0" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 19 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "19" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 20 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "20" | - |
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