CVE-2014-6407

Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.

Published: 2014-12-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-6407 is rated Moderate Risk (60.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.91%, 91th 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-2014-6407

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 5.95% 4.91% -1.04%
2 2026-02-13 5.61% 5.95% +0.34%
3 2025-03-30 — 5.61% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-6407

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
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-2014-6407

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-6407

GHSA-5qgp-p5jc-w2rm · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Arbitrary Code Execution in Docker

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-6407

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-6407 not yet assigned 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-2014-6407
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6407
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6407/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-6407 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (docker.io), 10 status rows across 10 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 5, DNE 3, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6407

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-6407

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
docker docker <= 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
docker docker 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
docker docker 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-6407

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