CVE-2014-2533 EXPLOIT
7.2
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 87)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.2 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 2.91% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-03-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| blackberry | qnx neutrino rtos |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | ifwatchd - Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) | 2018-10-09 |
| exploit-db | QNX 6.4.x/6.5.x ifwatchd - Local Privilege Escalation | 2014-03-10 |
References
- 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/
- 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/
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