CVE-2014-2534

medium

Description

/sbin/pppoectl in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.4.x and 6.5.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading "bad parameter" lines in error messages, as demonstrated by reading the root password hash in /etc/shadow.

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/98

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/124

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Mar/88

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Mar/66

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-03-18

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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