CVE-2014-3499 Privilege Escalation in Docker

What is CVE-2014-3499?

CVE-2014-3499 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 11 Jul 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Docker 1.0.0 uses world-readable and world-writable permissions on the management socket, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3499?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/docker/docker. It affects 2 products.

Products include Docker Docker, Fedoraproject Fedora.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3499?

Upgrade github.com/docker/docker to 1.0.1 or later.

Is CVE-2014-3499 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3499 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora

• CVE-2014-9357 Arbitrary Code Execution Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-14298 Privilege escalation in Docker High 8.8
• CVE-2020-14300 Privilege escalation in Docker High 8.8
• CVE-2018-15514 Deserialization in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2014-9356 Path Traversal in Docker High 8.6

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-wxj3-qwv4-cvfm, GO-2022-0752, RHSA-2014:0820.