CVE-2014-6407

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.

Affected products

Docker Engine: through 1.3.1; 1.0.0, 1.3.0

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60171
http://secunia.com/advisories/60241
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5
https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60171
http://secunia.com/advisories/60241
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5
https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/

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