01 Record

CVE-2014-4993

(1) lib/backup/cli/utility.rb in the backup-agoddard gem 3.0.28 and (2) lib/backup/cli/utility.rb in the backup_checksum gem 3.0.23 for Ruby place credentials on the openssl command line, which allows

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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: 0.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 43.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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

2018-01-10 18:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 11:34Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-07-17

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

b8089bba176032c2fbdfc23e1eca16c68f5475b0de9a7374cd15506157a4b301

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

backup-agoddard_projectbackup-agoddardNot specified—

backup_checksum_projectbackup_checksumNot specified—

06 References

www.vapid.dhs.orghttp://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/backup-agoddard-3.0.28.htmlx_refsource_MISC
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140717 Re: Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem codders-dataset-1.3.2.1 (etc.)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.vapid.dhs.orghttp://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/backup_checksum-3.0.23.htmlx_refsource_MISC
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140707 Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem backup_checksum-3.0.23http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/12mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140707 Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem backup-agoddard-3.0.28http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/11mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST