CVE-2018-14335
Insecure handling of permissions in the backup function allows attackers to read sensitive files (outside of their permissions) via a symlink to a fake database file.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in H2 1.4.197. Insecure handling of permissions in the backup function allows attackers to read sensitive files (outside of their permissions) via a symlink to a fake database file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 13.22% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 30 July 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-276
- Affected
- h2database/h2
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 13.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0727
- https://gist.github.com/owodelta/9714faf9a86435cef5a99d4930eaee20Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/582d4165de6507b0be82d5a6f9a1ce392ec43a00c9fed32bacf7fe1e%40%3Cuser.ignite.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240726-0003/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45105/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0727
- https://gist.github.com/owodelta/9714faf9a86435cef5a99d4930eaee20Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/582d4165de6507b0be82d5a6f9a1ce392ec43a00c9fed32bacf7fe1e%40%3Cuser.ignite.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240726-0003/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45105/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.