GHSA-wxj3-qwv4-cvfm · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Privilege Escalation in Docker
Docker 1.0.0 uses world-readable and world-writable permissions on the management socket, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3499 is rated Low Risk (39.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.03% | 0.39% | +0.36% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.51% | 0.03% | -0.48% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.51% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
GHSA-wxj3-qwv4-cvfm · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Privilege Escalation in Docker
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2014-3499 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (docker.io), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3499 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3499 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2014-3499 severity moderate: SUSE including 43 source package names (docker, docker-0.11.1-22.el7, …), 129 product×package rows across 44 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (44 product lines)): Fixed 68, Known Not Affected 61. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3499/ |
ubuntu
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high | CVE-2014-3499 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (docker.io), 11 status rows across 11 suites (lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 4, ignored 4, not-affected 2, needed 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3499 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| docker | docker | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 19 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 20 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |