CVE-2014-5002

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The lynx gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby places the configured password on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing processes.

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-255

Affected software

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

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/23Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/panthomakos/lynx/issues/3Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/23Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/panthomakos/lynx/issues/3Third Party Advisory

Timeline

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

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