CVE-2014-0039

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-02-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-0039 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-0039

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0039

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.09% +0.04%
2 2023-03-07 1.75% 0.04% -1.71%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.75% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0039

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0039

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0039

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-0039 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (fwsnort), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0039
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0039 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (fwsnort), 16 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 10, not-affected 4, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0039

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-0039

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html "CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path"

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0039

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cipherdyne fwsnort <= 1.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cipherdyne fwsnort 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwsnort:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0039

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