CVE-2014-4992

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

lib/cap-strap/helpers.rb in the cap-strap gem 0.1.5 for Ruby places credentials on the useradd command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

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-200

Affected software

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

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/cap-strap-0.1.5.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/cap-strap-0.1.5.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 10, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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