CVE-2014-5118 describes a security bypass vulnerability in Trusted Boot (tboot) versions prior to 1.8.2, specifically within the 'loader.c' component, impacting various Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability allows a local, low-privileged attacker to achieve high integrity impact without user interaction, though confidentiality and availability are not affected. Despite its potential for local privilege escalation, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trusted_boot_project:trusted_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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