CVE-2014-5000
lawn-login exposes database password to unauthorized users
The login function in lib/lawn.rb in the lawn-login gem 0.0.7 for Ruby places credentials on the curl command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The login function in lib/lawn.rb in the lawn-login gem 0.0.7 for Ruby places credentials on the curl command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
- Record
CVE-2014-5000- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The login function in lib/lawn.rb in the lawn-login gem 0.0.7 for Ruby places credentials on the curl command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
- Record
CVE-2014-5000- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0164 No score
The login function in lib/lawn.rb in the lawn-login gem 0.0.7 for Ruby places credentials on the curl command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0164- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rhgq-vv9x-j4p5
lawn-login exposes database password to unauthorized users
The login function in lib/lawn.rb in the lawn-login gem 0.0.7 for Ruby places credentials on the curl command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
- Record
GHSA-rhgq-vv9x-j4p5- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-rhgq-vv9x-j4p5
lawn-login exposes database password to unauthorized users
The login function in lib/lawn.rb in the lawn-login gem 0.0.7 for Ruby places credentials on the curl command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
- Record
GHSA-rhgq-vv9x-j4p5- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
lawn-loginRubyGems |
0.0.7 to 0.0.7 | None known |
lawn-loginRubyGems |
Listed versions 0.0.7 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-5000 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Lawn-login Project Lawn-login, published January 10, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lawn-login-0.0.7.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5000
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/lawn-login/CVE-2014-5000.yml
web.archive.org/web/20200229060607/http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lawn-login-0.0.7.html