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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-1845 · published 27 April 2018

CVE-2014-1845: Enlightenment permissions and access controls vulnerability

Enlightenment · Enlightenment

An unspecified setuid root helper in Enlightenment before 0.17.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging failure to properly sanitize the environment.

7.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 0.37% · top 72.1% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
7.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.6
0.37%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An unspecified setuid root helper in Enlightenment before 0.17.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging failure to properly sanitize the environment.

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/03/19 Mailing List
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059410 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91216 VDB Entry
https://git.enlightenment.org/core/enlightenment.git/commit/?id=666df815cd86a50343859bce36c5cf968c5f38b0 Patch
https://git.enlightenment.org/core/enlightenment.git/commit/?id=bb4a21e98656fe2c7d98ba2163e6defe9a630e2b Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/03/19 Mailing List
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059410 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91216 VDB Entry
https://git.enlightenment.org/core/enlightenment.git/commit/?id=666df815cd86a50343859bce36c5cf968c5f38b0 Patch
https://git.enlightenment.org/core/enlightenment.git/commit/?id=bb4a21e98656fe2c7d98ba2163e6defe9a630e2b Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-1845), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.