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CVE-2014-2079
X File Explorer (aka xfe) might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions and gain access to arbitrary files by leveraging…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
X File Explorer (aka xfe) might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions and gain access to arbitrary files by leveraging failure to use directory masks when creating files on Samba and NFS shares.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069066 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=739536 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- xfile-explorer-cve20142079-sec-bypass(91519) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140224 Re: xfe: directory masks ignored when creating new files on Samba and NFS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 65748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-2119 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-2079)Record last updated .