CVE-2014-4677 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the installPackage function of the installerHelper subcomponent within Libmacgpg, affecting GPG Suite versions prior to 2015.06. An attacker can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the xmlPath argument, leading to arbitrary command execution with root privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gpgtools:libmacgpg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.