CVE-2014-3462
The ".encfs6.xml" configuration file in encfs before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to access sensitive data by setting "blockMACBytes" to 0 and adding 8 to "blockMACRandBytes".
02 Description
The ".encfs6.xml" configuration file in encfs before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to access sensitive data by setting "blockMACBytes" to 0 and adding 8 to "blockMACRandBytes".
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-08-07 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-05-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2759f5963a9a80ebdf585df07df08c5e45348825b5e0d2fea9aaca4388189c31
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2017:0158http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00090.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140514 Re: A number of EncFS issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14/2
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097537
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201512-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-09
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- encfs Fixed in 1.8.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- encfs Fixed in 1.8.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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