CVE-2014-2905 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-2905

fish (aka fish-shell) 1.16.0 before 2.1.1 does not properly check...

Vulnerability Description

fish (aka fish-shell) 1.16.0 before 2.1.1 does not properly check the credentials, which allows local users to gain privileges via the universal variable socket, related to /tmp/fishd.socket.user permissions.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

fish
Vulnerable Versions:
1.16.0, 2.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 2nd, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.