CVE-2014-5457

medium

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.

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/61

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/59

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/58

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/57

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-08-25

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00053