HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-6607

M\/Monit vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.6%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
M/Monit 3.3.2 and earlier does not verify the original password before changing passwords, which allows remote attackers to change the password of other users and gain privileges via the fullname and password parameters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-6409.
Affected vendor
Mmonit
Affected product
M\/Monit
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-10-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-6607

  • Confirm whether Mmonit M\/Monit is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-6607.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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