What is CVE-2014-4998?

CVE-2014-4998 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lean-Ruport Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2014-4998?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Lean-Ruport Project

CVE-2014-4998

test/tc_database.rb in the lean-ruport gem 0.3.8 for Ruby places the mysql user password on the mysqldump command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.005 (41.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Lean-ruport_project Lean-ruport — versions 0.3.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-4998?: CVE-2014-4998 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lean-Ruport Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2014-4998?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.