What is CVE-2014-5004?

CVE-2014-5004 is a high-severity vulnerability in Brbackup Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2014-5004?

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

Information disclosure in Brbackup Project

CVE-2014-5004

lib/brbackup.rb in the brbackup gem 0.1.1 for Ruby places the database password on the mysql command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-01-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Brbackup Project — versions 0.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/brbackup-0.1.1.html (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/68506 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5004?: CVE-2014-5004 is a high-severity vulnerability in Brbackup Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2014-5004?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.