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CVE-2014-2905

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2905 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in fish (fish-shell) versions 1.16.0 through 2.1.0. This flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges by exploiting improper credential checks related to the universal variable socket at /tmp/fishd.socket.user. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a local attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fishshell:fish:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fishshell:fish:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00059.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00071.html
github.com / fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1436
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/4