Is VladTheEnterprising affected by CVE-2014-4995?

RubyGems VladTheEnterprising is affected in <=0.2.

Is CVE-2014-4995 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.3%.

high

CVE-2014-4995

Q: Is CVE-2014-4995 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.3%.

RubyGems · VladTheEnterprising

Summary

VladTheEnterprising allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading MySQL root password from temporary file

Severity: high
EPSS: 0.3% (p20)
Also known as: GHSA-86cf-g34f-7462
Published: 2022-05-14

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4995
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94745
https://web.archive.org/web/20200229054941/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68729

Related advisories

CVE-2014-4996 — medium · RubyGems/VladTheEnterprising

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.