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

CWE-77

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bierbaumer.net/security/cve-2014-4677/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://gpgtools.org/releases/gpgsuite/2015.08/release-notes.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://bierbaumer.net/security/cve-2014-4677/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://gpgtools.org/releases/gpgsuite/2015.08/release-notes.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

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

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