CVE-2014-9645 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in BusyBox versions prior to 1.23.0. An attacker can bypass restrictions on loading kernel modules by including a slash character in the module name, as demonstrated by specific ifconfig or mount commands. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.22.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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