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CVE-2014-1833· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Directory traversal vulnerability in uupdate in devscripts 2.14.1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a crafted .orig.tar

Directory traversal vulnerability in uupdate in devscripts 2.14.1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a crafted .orig.tar file, related to a symlink.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 5, 2014
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.7% · 89th percentile
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Action score

21

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.7%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
devscripts devel teamdevscripts

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • devscripts devel team devscripts2.14.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12devscriptsbefore 2.14.82.14.8
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5devscriptsbefore 2.12.6-5.3.12.12.6-5.3.1

Same product

devscripts devel team: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2012-0212debdiff.pl in devscripts 2.10.x before 2.10.69 and 2.11.x before 2.11.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metachar
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2012-0211debdiff.pl in devscripts 2.10.x before 2.10.69 and 2.11.x before 2.11.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarb
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2012-0210debdiff.pl in devscripts 2.10.x before 2.10.69 and 2.11.x before 2.11.4 allows remote attackers to obtain system information and execute arb
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2009-2946Eval injection vulnerability in scripts/uscan.pl before Rev 1984 in devscripts allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via cr
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2015-5704scripts/licensecheck.pl in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2015-5705Argument injection vulnerability in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted symlink and c
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:devscripts2.14.8 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
suse:devscripts2.12.6-5.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

ts
const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {  return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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