CVE-2014-6407

Summary

CVECVE-2014-6407
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-12 15:59:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDocker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Docker Docker 1.0.0 All All All
Application Docker Docker 1.3.0 All All All
Application Docker Docker All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: docker-io-1.3.2-2.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:1596-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA60171 - Docker Security Bypass and Data Manipulation Security Issues - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA60241 - Oracle Linux update for docker - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Release Notes - Docker Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.docker.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Docker 1.3.2 - Security Advisory [24 Nov 2014] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900005 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for moby-buildx 0.4.1
  • 903053 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for moby-buildx (4411)
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