CVE-2014-2533

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Published Mar 18, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 2.9% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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 [-]

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

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 2.9% (2.906% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 10:14 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 18, 2014, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 10:14 AM
Reserved: Mar 17, 2014, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:06 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 18, 2014, 5:18 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:06 AM

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