CVE-2014-1226

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-04-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The pipe_init_terminal function in main.c in s3dvt allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging setuid permissions and usage of bash 4.3 and earlier. NOTE: This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6876.

Affected products

S3Dvt Project S3Dvt: through 0.2.2

References

http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2014-1226-s3dvt_0.2.2-root-shell.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/03/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532278/100/0/threaded
http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2014-1226-s3dvt_0.2.2-root-shell.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/03/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532278/100/0/threaded

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