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CVE-2014-3980 (GCVE-0-2014-3980)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-11 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:04
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Summary
libfep 0.0.5 before 0.1.0 does not properly use UNIX domain sockets in the abstract namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-06-03 00:00
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