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CVE-2014-9278

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9278 describes a vulnerability in OpenSSH servers, specifically in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 within Kerberos environments. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to impersonate other users if their entry is present in the target user's .k5users file, potentially bypassing intended local login authentication. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating a network attack vector with low complexity, requiring authentication, and resulting in partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0183 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 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 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openssh-0:6.6.1p1-11.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9278Low

openssh: ~/.k5users unexpectedly grants remote login

Oct 3, 2014

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0425.html
bugzilla.mindrot.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/99090
thread.gmane.org / gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.general/15855
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/12/02/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/17
securityfocus.com / bid/71420