CVE-2014-5247

Exp

The _UpgradeBeforeConfigurationChange function in lib/client/gnt_cluster.py in Ganeti 2.10.0 before 2.10.7 and 2.11.0 before 2.11.5 uses world-readable permissions for the configuration backup file, which allows local users to obtain SSL keys, remote API credentials, and other sensitive information by reading the file, related to the upgrade command.

Published: 2014-08-29 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5247 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-5247

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5247

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 0.08% 0.49% +0.41%
2 2025-03-17 0.05% 0.08% +0.04%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5247

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5247

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5247

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-5247 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ganeti), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5247
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-5247 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ganeti), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 6, ignored 5, DNE 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5247

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5247

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.6 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5247

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