CVE-2014-8428 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Barracuda Load Balancer version 5.0.0.015, stemming from an improperly protected SSH key. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 80/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.0.015CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:barracuda:load_balancer:5.0.0.015:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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