CVE-2014-4677

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 22, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2014

CVE-2014-46789.8The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrarCVE-2014-46825.0The WebNavigator server in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3, as used in PCS7 and other products, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitiveCVE-2014-46834.9The WebNavigator server in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3, as used in PCS7 and other products, allows remote authenticated users to gain pCVE-2014-46846.0The database server in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3, as used in PCS7 and other products, allows remote authenticated users to gain priviCVE-2014-46854.6Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3, as used in PCS7 and other products, allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging weak system-objectCVE-2014-46866.8The Project administration application in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3, as used in PCS7 and other products, has a hardcoded encryption kCVE-2014-46874.3Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in pfSense before 2.1.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML viCVE-2014-46886.5pfSense before 2.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via (1) the hostname value to diag_dns.php in a Create CVE-2014-46895.0Absolute path traversal vulnerability in pkg_edit.php in pfSense before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary XML files via a fullCVE-2014-46905.0Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pfSense before 2.1.4 allow (1) remote attackers to read arbitrary .info files via a crafted CVE-2014-46916.8Session fixation vulnerability in pfSense before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via a firewall login cookie.CVE-2014-46924.3pfSense before 2.1.4, when HTTP is used, does not include the HTTPOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for the session cookie, which makes it ea
CVE-2014-4677: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix