/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.
Published 2014-03-18 05:18:19
Updated 2018-10-11 10:29:01
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2014-2533

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2533

0.21%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 59 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2014-2533

  • ifwatchd Privilege Escalation
    Disclosure Date: 2014-03-10
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/qnx/local/ifwatchd_priv_esc
    This module attempts to gain root privileges on QNX 6.4.x and 6.5.x systems by exploiting the ifwatchd suid executable. ifwatchd allows users to specify scripts to execute using the '-A' command line argument; however, it does not drop privileges when

CVSS scores for CVE-2014-2533

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.2
HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2014-2533

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2014-2533

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