# CVE-2014-9044: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive information by brute-forcing MD5 hashes of file paths in ownCloud Asset Pipeline.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Feb 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vfr6-xwr2-qjgf

## What is CVE-2014-9044?

CVE-2014-9044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Owncloud Owncloud Server, published on 4 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Asset Pipeline in ownCloud 7.x before 7.0.3 uses an MD5 hash of the absolute file paths of the original CSS and JS files as the name of the concatenated file, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute force attack.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9044?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Owncloud Owncloud Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-9044?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9044 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-9044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Owncloud Owncloud Server

- [CVE-2023-49105](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49105/): ownCloud Improper Authentication (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-7699](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7699/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2015-6500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6500/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2014-2051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2051/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2014-2054](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2054/): PHPExcel vulnerable to XXE attacks through libxml (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9044 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-9044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Owncloud Owncloud Server, published on 4 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Owncloud Owncloud Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9044/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9044/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9044
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9044
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9044

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9044/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.