CVE-2014-5004: Brbackup Project Brbackup

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

lib/brbackup.rb in the brbackup gem 0.1.1 for Ruby places the database password on the mysql command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

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Published 2018-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.