CVE-2014-2533 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS versions 6.4.x and 6.5.x, specifically within the /sbin/ifwatchd utility. An attacker can exploit this by supplying an arbitrary program name as a command-line argument, leading to full compromise of the system. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its low attack complexity and the complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact it poses. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code and a Metasploit module are available, indicating its exploitability, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_neutrino_rtos:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_neutrino_rtos:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_neutrino_rtos:6.5.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.