CVE-2014-0748 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges on Cray devices by exploiting missing UID validation in the apinit launch message process.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-0748?
CVE-2014-0748 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Dec 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
apinit on Cray devices with CLE before 4.2.UP02 and 5.x before 5.1.UP00 does not use alpsauth data to validate the UID in a launch message, which allows local users to gain privileges via a modified aprun program, aka ID FN5912.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0748?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cray Cray Linux Environment.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0748?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0748 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-0748 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0748 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-683v-x58g-rx3x.