CVE-2014-2583

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.

Published: 2014-04-10 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2583 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.51%). 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-2014-2583

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2583

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 2025-12-02 0.69% 1.51% +0.82%
2 2025-07-07 0.51% 0.69% +0.18%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.51% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2583

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2583

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2583

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-2583 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pam), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2583
gentoo normal CVE-2014-2583: 1 GLSA(s) (201605-05), 1 atom(s) (sys-libs/pam); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-2583
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2583
suse medium CVE-2014-2583 severity moderate: SUSE including 61 source package names (pam, pam-1.1.5-0.12.1, …), 164 product×package rows across 50 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (50 product lines)): Fixed 93, Known Not Affected 71. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2583/
ubuntu low CVE-2014-2583 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pam), 9 status rows across 9 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily): ignored 4, released 3, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2583

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2583

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux-pam linux-pam 1.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2583

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