CVE-2014-0039
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-0039 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-02-08 00:55:06 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | Untrusted search path vulnerability in fwsnort before 1.6.4, when not running as root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse fwsnort.conf in the current working directory. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 0.000880000 probability, percentile 0.249080000 (date 2026-05-04)
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 0.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | 1.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Cipherdyne | Fwsnort | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| fwsnort/ChangeLog at master · mrash/fwsnort · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | |
| fwsnort 'fwsnort.conf' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: fwsnort-1.6.4-1.fc20 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: fwsnort-1.6.4-1.fc19 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| oss-sec: CVE-2014-0039: fwsnort loaded configuration file from cwd when run as a non-root user | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| Bug fix for CVE-2014-0039 · mrash/fwsnort@fa97745 · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Exploit, Patch |
| osvdb.org/102822 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.