VDB-69931 · CVE-2014-3838 · OpenVAS 840461

ownCloud up to 6.0.2 access control

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.1	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ownCloud. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-3838. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in ownCloud (Cloud Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

ownCloud Server before 5.0.16 and 6.0.x before 6.0.3 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to read the names of files of other users by leveraging access to multiple accounts.

The weakness was released 06/04/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at owncloud.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-3838 since 05/22/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-69930, VDB-69929, VDB-69928 and VDB-69927. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Cloud Software

Name

ownCloud

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

OpenVAS ID: 840461
OpenVAS Name: ownCloud Multiple Vulnerabilities-04 July14
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: ownCloud 5.0.6

Timelineinfo

05/22/2014 🔍
06/04/2014 +13 days 🔍
06/04/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +295 days 🔍
03/31/2025 +3658 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: owncloud.org
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-3838 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3838
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69931
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 03/31/2025 23:10
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (47), 03/10/2019 14:51 (6), 03/31/2025 23:10 (19)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.