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CVE-2014-5002
The lynx gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby places the configured password on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.52%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The lynx gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby places the configured password on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing processes.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 55% 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: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemslynxGHSA-94cq-7ccq-cmcm (opens in a new tab)
References
4
- [oss-security] 20140707 Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem lynx-0.2.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140717 Re: Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem codders-dataset-1.3.2.1 (etc.) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/panthomakos/lynx/issues/3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2018-0157 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-94cq-7ccq-cmcm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-5002)Record last updated .