CVE-2014-7180 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges by modifying world-writable Perl scripts in ElectricCommander.
- 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-2014-7180?
CVE-2014-7180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Electric Cloud ElectricCommander before 4.2.6 and 5.x before 5.0.3 uses world-writable permissions for (1) eccert.pl and (2) ecconfigure.pl, which allows local users to execute arbitrary Perl code by modifying these files.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7180?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Electric Cloud Electriccommander.
How do I fix CVE-2014-7180?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-7180 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-7180 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7180 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6h8v-vq7w-mv4p.