{"id":"CVE-2014-8990","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-8990","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:53:16.122Z","title":"default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.","description":"default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.","published":"2014-12-05T16:59:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:17:37.000Z","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-77"],"affected":["debian/debian linux","fedoraproject/fedora","lsyncd project/lsyncd"],"epss":{"score":0.05236,"percentile":0.92469,"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 (5.24%). 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/145114.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145131.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/62321","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3130","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/5","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71179","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/18f02ad013b41a72753912155ae2ba72f2a53e52","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/e6016b3748370878778b8f0b568d5281cc248aa4","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/issues/220","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-05","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145114.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145131.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/62321","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3130","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/5","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71179","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/18f02ad013b41a72753912155ae2ba72f2a53e52","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/e6016b3748370878778b8f0b568d5281cc248aa4","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/issues/220","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-05","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8990","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."}