CVE-2014-2096

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2096
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-26 14:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in Catfish 0.6.0 through 1.0.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse bin/catfish.py under the current working directory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.000660000 probability, percentile 0.201010000 (date 2026-05-05)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Catfish Project Catfish 0.6.0 All All All
Application Catfish Project Catfish 0.6.1 All All All
Application Catfish Project Catfish 0.6.2 All All All
Application Catfish Project Catfish 0.6.3 All All All
Application Catfish Project Catfish 0.6.4 All All All
Application Catfish Project Catfish 0.8.0 All All All
Application Catfish Project Catfish 0.8.1 All All All
Application Catfish Project Catfish 0.8.2 All All All
Application Catfish Project Catfish 1.0.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1069396 – CVE-2014-2093 CVE-2014-2096 catfish: insecure loading of python script af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request for catfish program af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request for catfish program af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
#739958 - catfish: insecure when cwd is world-writable (CVE-2014-2093 CVE-2014-2094 CVE-2014-2095 CVE-2014-2096) - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
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