CVE-2014-5009

Snoopy allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-5008.

Published: 2017-03-31 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5009 is rated High Risk (66.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.51%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5009

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 2026-05-24 2.69% 1.51% -1.18%
2 2025-03-30 4.71% 2.69% -2.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.71% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5009

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5009

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5009

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2014-5009 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libphp-snoopy), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5009
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5009
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-5009 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libphp-snoopy), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 8, not-affected 4, DNE 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5009

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5009

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
snoopy snoopy — cpe:2.3:a:snoopy:snoopy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nagios nagios <= 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5009

URL Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://snoopy.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/snoopy/Snoopy/Snoopy.class.php?r1=1.28&r2=1.29 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/11 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/16/10 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/18/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68783 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1121497 Issue Tracking Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94738
https://github.com/cogdog/feed2js/pull/12#issuecomment-48283706 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024264 Third Party Advisory
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