CVE-2014-2534 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

/sbin/pppoectl in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.4.x and 6.5.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading "bad parameter" lines in error messages, as demonstrated by reading the root password hash in /etc/shadow.

Published: 2014-03-18

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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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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

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-2570	/sbin/pppoectl in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.4.x and 6.5.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading "bad parameter" lines in error messages, as demonstrated by reading the root password hash in /etc/shadow.

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00652.

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/32156/

History

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Subscriptions

Blackberry Qnx Neutrino Rtos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:14:26.718Z

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

Link: CVE-2014-2534

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-03-18T05:18:19.157

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

Link: CVE-2014-2534

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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