CVE-2014-3744

Directory traversal vulnerability in the st module before 0.2.5 for Node.js allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in an unspecified path.

Published: 2017-10-23 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3744 is rated Moderate Risk (62.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 78.17%, 99th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3744

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 2026-03-16 80.75% 78.17% -2.58%
2 2026-03-08 55.16% 80.75% +25.59%
3 2025-06-26 — 55.16% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3744

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3744

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3744

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3744

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3744 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nodejs), 13 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 11, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3744

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3744

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nodejs node.js <= 0.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3744

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