CVE-2014-0060 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in multiple versions of PostgreSQL, specifically affecting versions prior to 8.4.20, 9.0.16, 9.1.12, 9.2.7, and 9.3.3. The flaw allows remote authenticated users, who are members of a role, to bypass the ADMIN OPTION restriction and arbitrarily add or remove users from that role by manipulating the SET ROLE and GRANT commands. With a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N), this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring authentication and having a low impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.4.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
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