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CVE-2014-4995

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Race condition in lib/vlad/dba/mysql.rb in the VladTheEnterprising gem 0.2 for Ruby allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the MySQL root password from a temporary file before it is removed.

Affected products

• Vladtheenterprising Project Vladtheenterprising: 0.2.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68729
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94745
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68729
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94745

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