CVE-2014-125121
Published: 31 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2014-125121 is a critical-severity Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732) vulnerability in Packetstorm (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2014-9812
Vulnerability details
Array Networks vAPV (version 8.3.2.17) and vxAG (version 9.2.0.34) appliances are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by a combination of hardcoded SSH credentials (or SSH private key) and insecure permissions on a startup script. The devices ship with…
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a default SSH login or a hardcoded DSA private key, allowing an attacker to authenticate remotely with limited privileges. Once authenticated, an attacker can overwrite the world-writable /ca/bin/monitor.sh script with arbitrary commands. Since this script is executed with elevated privileges through the backend binary, enabling the debug monitor via backend -c "debug monitor on" triggers execution of the attacker's payload as root. This allows full system compromise.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Training on permission management reduces incorrect permission assignments for critical resources.
Central management of critical-resource permissions ensures uniform, least-privilege assignments rather than per-system manual settings that frequently drift.
Documented roles, responsibilities, and continuous risk management in the SDLC ensure that default and runtime permissions for critical resources are deliberately assigned and reviewed.
Documentation covering secure installation and permission settings reduces incorrect permission assignments on critical resources.
Procedures support proper permission assignment for critical resources through documented controls.
Attribute management for resources provides a mechanism to assign and maintain correct permissions based on security labels.
Prevents overly permissive assignments to critical resources by limiting to task needs.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.