CVE-2014-4040

snap in powerpc-utils 1.2.20 produces an archive with fstab and yaboot.conf files potentially containing cleartext passwords, and lacks a warning about reviewing this archive to detect included passwords, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a technical-support data stream.

Published: 2014-06-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-4040 is rated Moderate Risk (48/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.83%). EPSS rose +1.45% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-4040

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 0.37% 1.83% +1.45%
2 2026-05-24 0.23% 0.37% +0.14%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.23% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-4040

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
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-2014-4040

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-4040

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2014-4040 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (powerpc-utils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4040
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4040
suse medium CVE-2014-4040 severity moderate: SUSE including 24 source package names (powerpc-utils-1.2.16-0.13.1, powerpc-utils-1.2.22-2.1, …), 29 product×package rows across 29 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1, … (29 product lines)): Fixed 29. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4040/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-4040 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (powerpc-utils, ppc64-diag), 16 status rows across 9 suites (lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial): ignored 6, DNE 5, not-affected 3, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4040

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-4040

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
powerpc-utils_project powerpc-utils 1.2.20 cpe:2.3:a:powerpc-utils_project:powerpc-utils:1.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-4040

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