CVE-2014-2905

Published: May 2, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

6.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

fish (aka fish-shell) 1.16.0 before 2.1.1 does not properly check the credentials, which allows local users to gain privileges via the universal variable socket, related to /tmp/fishd.socket.user permissions.

Affected (2)

Products: Fishshell: Fish

Fishshell

1 product

Fish

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fishshell Fish	Version 1.16.0
Fishshell Fish	Version 2.0.0

Related CWEs

CWE-264

References (8)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00059.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00071.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1436

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00059.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00071.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1436

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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