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CVE-2014-4040

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.83%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-06-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2014-4040
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.83%

Original NVD Description

snap in powerpc-utils 1.2.20 produces an archive with fstab and yaboot.conf files potentially containing cleartext passwords, and lacks a warning about reviewing this archive to detect included passwords, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a technical-support data stream.