CVE-2014-2093

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Catfish through 0.4.0.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse catfish.py in the current working directory.

Published: 2014-02-26 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2093 is rated Low Risk (24.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2093

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% 0.07% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2093

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2093

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2093

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-2093 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (catfish), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2093
gentoo normal CVE-2014-2093: 1 GLSA(s) (201408-04), 1 atom(s) (dev-util/catfish); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-2093
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-2093 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (catfish), 12 status rows across 12 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 7, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2093

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-2093

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2093

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
catfish_project catfish 0.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:catfish_project:catfish:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
catfish_project catfish 0.4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:catfish_project:catfish:0.4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
catfish_project catfish 0.4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:catfish_project:catfish:0.4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
catfish_project catfish 0.4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:catfish_project:catfish:0.4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2093

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