CVE-2014-2533
/sbin/ifwatchd in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.4.x and 6.5.x allows local users to gain privileges by providing an arbitrary program name as a command-line argument.
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.9%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
/sbin/ifwatchd in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.4.x and 6.5.x allows local users to gain privileges by providing an arbitrary program name as a command-line argument.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.91% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 10 March 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- blackberry/qnx neutrino rtos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Mar/66
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Mar/88
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/124
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/98
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32153/Exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45575/
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Mar/66
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Mar/88
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/124
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/98
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32153/Exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45575/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.