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CVE-2014-4998

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

test/tc_database.rb in the lean-ruport gem 0.3.8 for Ruby places the mysql user password on the mysqldump command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Affected products

• Lean-Ruport Project Lean-Ruport: 0.3.8

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/18
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lean-ruport-0.3.8.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/18
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lean-ruport-0.3.8.html

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