CVE-2014-5427 describes a vulnerability in Johnson Controls Metasys products (versions 4.1 through 6.5), including ADS, ADX, LCS8520, NAE, NIE, and NxE8500, that allows remote attackers to retrieve password hashes via a crafted POST request. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to information disclosure. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit module, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:johnsoncontrols:metsys:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:johnsoncontrols:metsys:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.