CVE-2014-3499

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.

Published: 2014-07-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3499

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3499

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3499

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3499

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3499

vendor priority summary link
debian 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 high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3499
suse 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 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

Affected software / configurations for 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3499

cvelogic Threat Intelligence