CVE-2014-0470 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges in the Super filesystem utility due to unchecked setuid return values during RLIMIT_NPROC attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-0470?
CVE-2014-0470 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Apr 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
super.c in Super 3.30.0 does not check the return value of the setuid function when the -F flag is set, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka an RLIMIT_NPROC attack.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0470?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Super Project Super.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0470?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2014-0470 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0470 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0470, DSA-2917-1, GHSA-5vfv-w9fv-4j34, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0470.