CVE-2014-4014
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 does not properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allows local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership of root.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3946)
- Published
- June 23, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3946 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=23adbe12ef7d3d4195e80800ab36b37bee28cd03
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59220(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33824(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/10/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67988(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030394(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107966(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/23adbe12ef7d3d4195e80800ab36b37bee28cd03(Third Party Advisory)
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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