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CVE-2014-4995

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4995 describes a race condition in the VladTheEnterprising Ruby gem (version 0.2) that allows local users to temporarily access the MySQL root password. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating a high potential for impact (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) due to the sensitive information exposure, though it requires high attack complexity and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vladtheenterprising_project:vladtheenterprising:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 1,523 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-86cf-g34f-7462high

VladTheEnterprising allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading MySQL root password from temporary file

May 14, 2022

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/94745
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/68729
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vapid.dhs.org / advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html
Third Party Advisory