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CVE-2014-6407 json

Arbitrary Code Execution in Docker

published 11y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-5qgp-p5jc-w2rm , GO-2022-0630 , EUVD-2022-0845

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/docker/docker 1.3.2
  • docker.io Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.2~dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6407

  • docker RHEL 7 EXTRAS_OTHER 1.3.2-4.el7

red hat advisories RHBA-2014:1977

  • docker-stable SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +12 more 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1
  • docker-stable SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 24.0.9_ce-1.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:03545-1SUSE-SU-2025:03540-1

  • docker-stable openSUSE Tumbleweed 24.0.9_ce-15.1
  • docker openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.12.3-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15589-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10532-1

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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-2014-6407 updated cvss 3.7

docker: symbolic and hardlink issues leading to privilege escalation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras docker 1.3.2-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2014:1977

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

Exploit prediction

4.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/docker/docker
<1.3.2
1.3.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
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References

Sources

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