CVE-2014-0748 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Cray devices running CLE before versions 4.2.UP02 and 5.1.UP00. The apinit component fails to properly validate the User ID (UID) in launch messages using alpsauth data, enabling local users to gain elevated privileges through a modified aprun program. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, allowing an attacker with local access to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cray:cray_linux_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cray:cray_linux_environment:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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