VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-4677
The installPackage function in the installerHelper subcomponent in Libmacgpg in GPG Suite before 2015.06 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in the xmlPath argument.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.65%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The installPackage function in the installerHelper subcomponent in Libmacgpg in GPG Suite before 2015.06 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in the xmlPath argument.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.65% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- gpgtools/libmacgpg
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bierbaumer.net/security/cve-2014-4677/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://gpgtools.org/releases/gpgsuite/2015.08/release-notes.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://bierbaumer.net/security/cve-2014-4677/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://gpgtools.org/releases/gpgsuite/2015.08/release-notes.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.