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CVE-2014-5002
The lynx gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby places the configured password on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive…
High7.8EPSS 0.52%
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- mitre
Description
The lynx gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby places the configured password on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing processes.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 56% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemslynxGHSA-94cq-7ccq-cmcm (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- [oss-security] 20140707 Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem lynx-0.2.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140717 Re: Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem codders-dataset-1.3.2.1 (etc.) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/panthomakos/lynx/issues/3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-94cq-7ccq-cmcm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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