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CVE-2014-8990
default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 62321 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-15373 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141119 CVE request: lsyncd command injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/issues/220 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 71179 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/e6016b3748370878778b8f0b568d5281cc248aa4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-15393 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-3130 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/18f02ad013b41a72753912155ae2ba72f2a53e52 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141120 Re: CVE request: lsyncd command injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201702-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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-2014-8817 (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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