CVE-2014-2533 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

/sbin/ifwatchd in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.4.x and 6.5.x allows local users to gain privileges by providing an arbitrary program name as a command-line argument.

Published: 2014-03-18

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 26.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_neutrino_rtos:6.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_neutrino_rtos:6.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_neutrino_rtos:6.5.0:sp1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.26247.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Mar/66
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Mar/88
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/124
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/98
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32153/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45575/

History

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Subscriptions

Blackberry Qnx Neutrino Rtos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-03-18T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:14:26.825Z

Reserved: 2014-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-2533

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-03-18T05:18:19.143

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-2533

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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