CVE-2014-1644

critical

Description

The forgotten-password feature in forcepasswd.do in the management GUI in Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator (LUA) 2.x before 2.3.2.110 allows remote attackers to reset arbitrary passwords by providing the e-mail address associated with a user account.

References

https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20140328-0_Symantec_LiveUpdate_Administrator_Multiple_vulnerabilities_wo_poc_v10.txt

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20140327_00

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66399

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-03/0172.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-03-29

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00886