SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-4040

snap in powerpc-utils 1.2.20 produces an archive with fstab and yaboot.conf files potentially containing cleartext passwords, and lacks a warning about reviewing this archive to detect included passwords, which might allow remote attackers to obtain…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.83%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.83%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

snap in powerpc-utils 1.2.20 produces an archive with fstab and yaboot.conf files potentially containing cleartext passwords, and lacks a warning about reviewing this archive to detect included passwords, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a technical-support data stream.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.83% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-310
Affected
powerpc-utils project/powerpc-utils
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.