MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-0015

Libcurl vulnerability

CVSS
4.0
EPSS
5.6%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
cURL and libcurl 7.10.6 through 7.34.0, when more than one authentication method is enabled, re-uses NTLM connections, which might allow context-dependent attackers to authenticate as other users via a request.
Affected vendor
Haxx
Affected product
Libcurl
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2014-02-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-0015

  • Confirm whether Haxx Libcurl is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-0015.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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