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CVE-2014-5000

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-5000 describes a vulnerability in the lawn-login gem (version 0.0.7) for Ruby, where the login function places user credentials directly on the curl command line. This allows local attackers to easily retrieve sensitive information by listing running processes. The vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating that an attacker with local access can achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion beyond a single mention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lawn-login_project:lawn-login:0.0.7:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-rhgq-vv9x-j4p5high

lawn-login exposes database password to unauthorized users

Jan 22, 2018

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/20
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
vapid.dhs.org / advisories/lawn-login-0.0.7.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory