CVE-2014-5284
23Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 2.5%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDDec 2
1st PoCNov 14
exploitation probability
2.5%top 17% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
4 public exploit(s)
host-deny.sh in OSSEC before 2.8.1 writes to temporary files with predictable filenames without verifying ownership, which allows local users to modify access restrictions in hosts.deny and gain root privileges by creating the temporary files before automatic IP blocking is performed.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 4✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/35234githubgithub.com/mbadanoiu/CVE-2014-5284★ 0cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/129111/OSSEC-2.8-Privilege-Escalation.htmlunverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/35234unverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.