CVE-2014-8779 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pexip Infinity before 8 uses the same SSH host keys across different customers' installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof Management and Conferencing Nodes by leveraging these keys.

Published: 2015-02-03

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pexip:pexip_infinity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-8609	Pexip Infinity before 8 uses the same SSH host keys across different customers' installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof Management and Conferencing Nodes by leveraging these keys.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00284.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130174/Pexip-Infinity-Non-Unique-SSH-Host-Keys.html
http://www.pexip.com/sites/pexip/files/Pexip_Security_Bulletin_2015-01-02.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534576/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72359

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Pexip Pexip Infinity

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-02-03T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:26:02.586Z

Reserved: 2014-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8779

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-03T16:59:01.187

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

Link: CVE-2014-8779

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-254

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2015-01-29T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Pexip Infinity before 8 uses the same SSH host keys across different customers' installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof Management and Conferencing Nodes by leveraging these keys."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2018-10-09T18:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130174/Pexip-Infinity-Non-Unique-SSH-Host-Keys.html"}, {"name": "20150129 CVE-2014-8779: SSH Host keys on Pexip Infinity", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534576/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "72359", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72359"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "http://www.pexip.com/sites/pexip/files/Pexip_Security_Bulletin_2015-01-02.pdf"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2014-8779", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Pexip Infinity before 8 uses the same SSH host keys across different customers' installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof Management and Conferencing Nodes by leveraging these keys."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130174/Pexip-Infinity-Non-Unique-SSH-Host-Keys.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130174/Pexip-Infinity-Non-Unique-SSH-Host-Keys.html"}, {"name": "20150129 CVE-2014-8779: SSH Host keys on Pexip Infinity", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534576/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "72359", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72359"}, {"name": "http://www.pexip.com/sites/pexip/files/Pexip_Security_Bulletin_2015-01-02.pdf", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.pexip.com/sites/pexip/files/Pexip_Security_Bulletin_2015-01-02.pdf"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T13:26:02.586Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130174/Pexip-Infinity-Non-Unique-SSH-Host-Keys.html"}, {"name": "20150129 CVE-2014-8779: SSH Host keys on Pexip Infinity", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534576/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "72359", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72359"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.pexip.com/sites/pexip/files/Pexip_Security_Bulletin_2015-01-02.pdf"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2014-8779", "datePublished": "2015-02-03T16:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2014-11-13T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T13:26:02.586Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:pexip:pexip_infinity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "D128AA59-8AED-41BA-A215-4D1E13F81E2A", "versionEndIncluding": "7.0", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Pexip Infinity before 8 uses the same SSH host keys across different customers' installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof Management and Conferencing Nodes by leveraging these keys."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Pexip Infinity anterior a 8 utiliza las claves de anfitri\u00f3n SSH en diferentes instalaciones de sus clientes, lo que permite a atacantes man-in-the-middle falsificar nodos de gesti\u00f3n y de conferencia mediante el aprovechamiento de estas claves."}], "id": "CVE-2014-8779", "lastModified": "2026-05-06T22:30:45.220", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 7.1, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 8.6, "impactScore": 6.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": true}]}, "published": "2015-02-03T16:59:01.187", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130174/Pexip-Infinity-Non-Unique-SSH-Host-Keys.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.pexip.com/sites/pexip/files/Pexip_Security_Bulletin_2015-01-02.pdf"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534576/100/0/threaded"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72359"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130174/Pexip-Infinity-Non-Unique-SSH-Host-Keys.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.pexip.com/sites/pexip/files/Pexip_Security_Bulletin_2015-01-02.pdf"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534576/100/0/threaded"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72359"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-254"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}