CVE-2014-4659 describes a vulnerability in Ansible versions prior to 1.5.5 where the sources.list file is created with insecure 0644 permissions. This could allow local attackers to read sensitive credentials if they are embedded in the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/" format within the file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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