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CVE-2014-9687

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9687 describes a vulnerability in eCryptfs versions 104 and earlier, where the use of a default salt for encrypting mount passphrases significantly weakens security. This design flaw makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute-force attacks to discover user passwords. While the CVSS score is 5.0 (medium severity) with a low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 104CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0218 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

ubuntuvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ecryptfs-utils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ecryptfs-utils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ecryptfs-utils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9687Low

ecryptfs-utils: default salt is used for wrapping passphrase

Dec 19, 2011

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html
bugs.launchpad.net / ecryptfs/+bug/906550
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/16
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/02/17/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/02/28/3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2524-1
Vendor Advisory