CVE-2014-5004

HIGH

brbackup 0.1.1 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via MySQL Command Line

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

lib/brbackup.rb in the brbackup gem 0.1.1 for Ruby places the database password on the mysql command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/6
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/brbackup-0.1.1.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68506

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (2)
brbackup_project/brbackup 0.1.1
rubygems/brbackup RubyGems
Published Jan 10, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026