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CVE-2014-3225 json

Cobbler Path Traversal vulnerability

published 2014-05-14 12 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-xc7w-jvhx-p6q9 , PYSEC-2026-797 , EUVD-2022-5762

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.9%
EPSS 8.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the web interface in Cobbler 2.4.x through 2.6.x allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via the Kickstart field in a profile.

Patch / fix

  • pypi cobbler 2.4.7, 2.6.4
  • cobbler Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3225

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cobbler openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6.6-4.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10282-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3225 updated cvss 2.9

cobbler: local file inclusion over remote installs

  • Red Hat Satellite 5 cobbler
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33252)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33252 Cobbler 2.4.x < 2.6.x - Local File Inclusion webapps, 2014-05-08
  • youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBaoQUFEYQ&feature=youtu.be referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126553/Cobbler-Local-File-Inclusion.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi cobbler
>=2.6.0, <2.6.4
>=2.4.0, <2.4.7
2.6.4
2.4.7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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