HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-9193

Mguard Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Innominate mGuard with firmware before 7.6.6 and 8.x before 8.1.4 allows remote authenticated admins to obtain root privileges by changing a PPP configuration setting.
Affected vendor
Innominate
Affected product
Mguard Firmware
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2014-12-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-9193

  • Confirm whether Innominate Mguard Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-9193.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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