CVE-2014-8517 is a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting tnftp, specifically in NetBSD versions 5.1 through 6.1.5 and Apple macOS. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting a pipe character into an HTTP redirect within the fetch_url function. With a CVSS score of 7.5 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, this vulnerability has a high severity, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.