What is CVE-2014-5220?

CVE-2014-5220 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mdadm Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2014-5220?

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

RCE in Mdadm Project

CVE-2014-5220

The mdcheck script of the mdadm package for openSUSE 13.2 prior to version 3.3.1-5.14.1 does not properly sanitize device names, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th 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

Mdadm_project Mdadm
Opensuse — versions 13.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

security@opentext.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
security@opentext.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5220?: CVE-2014-5220 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mdadm Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2014-5220?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.