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CVE-2014-0246

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-05-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

SOSreport stores the md5 hash of the GRUB bootloader password in an archive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the archive.

Affected products

• Sosreport Project Sosreport: all versions

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/27/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67634
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101393
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/27/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67634
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101393

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