CVE-2014-5457
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.1
Description
QNAP TS-469U with firmware 4.0.7 Build 20140410, TS-459U, TS-EC1679U-RP, and SS-839 use world-readable permissions for /etc/config/shadow, which allows local users to obtain usernames and hashed passwords by reading the password.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/57
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/58
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/59
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/61
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/57
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/58
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/59
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/61
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.