Vulnerability CVE-2014-5002
Published: 2018-01-10

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.

Type:

CWE-255

 (Credentials Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Lynx project -> LYNX 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/23
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.html
https://github.com/panthomakos/lynx/issues/3
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