CVE-2014-10401

An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.632 for Perl. DBD::File drivers can open files from folders other than those specifically passed via the f_dir attribute.

Published: 2020-09-11 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-10401 is rated Low Risk (28.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-10401

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 2025-06-21 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
2 2025-06-01 0.03% 0.06% +0.03%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-10401

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 1.8 4.2 [email protected]
3.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-10401

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-10401

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-10401 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libdbi-perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-10401
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-10401
suse medium CVE-2014-10401 severity moderate: SUSE including 240 source package names (10.11-36.1:perl-DBI-1.642-3.9.1, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 265 product×package rows across 35 product lines (Container suse/rmt-mariadb, Image SLES15-SP3-Manager-4-2-Proxy-BYOS-Azure, … (35 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 34. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-10401/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-10401 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libdbi-perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bionic, focal, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-10401

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-10401

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
perl dbi < 1.632 cpe:2.3:a:perl:dbi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-10401

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