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

EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th 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

Brbackup_project Brbackup — versions 0.1.1
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 (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

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.