{"id":"CVE-2014-6407","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-6407","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:56:16.592Z","title":"Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.","description":"Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.","published":"2014-12-12T15:59:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:13:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["docker/docker"],"epss":{"score":0.04909,"percentile":0.92046,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00009.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/60171","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/60241","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00009.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/60171","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/60241","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6407","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}