VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-7208
GParted before 0.15.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in a crafted filesystem label.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.11%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GParted before 0.15.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in a crafted filesystem label.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.11% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- gparted/gparted
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/77Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/77Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.