CVE-2014-4677 — The installPackage function in the installerHelper subcomponent in Libmacgpg in GPG Suite before 2015.06 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in the xmlPath argument

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HIGH

The installPackage function in the installerHelper subcomponent in Libmacgpg in GPG Suite before 2015.06 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in the xmlPath argument

Published Feb 22, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.65%

Description

The installPackage function in the installerHelper subcomponent in Libmacgpg in GPG Suite before 2015.06 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in the xmlPath argument.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.65% 0.00645

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00645

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.65% (0.00645)	49.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.65% (0.00645)	45.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.18% (0.00175)	36.61th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-77

References (2)

https://bierbaumer.net/security/cve-2014-4677/
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://gpgtools.org/releases/gpgsuite/2015.08/release-notes.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://bierbaumer.net/security/cve-2014-4677/		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://gpgtools.org/releases/gpgsuite/2015.08/release-notes.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 22, 2017

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 26, 2014

Link CVE-2014-4677

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4677

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-4677