{"id":"CVE-2014-4623","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-4623","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:15:54.973Z","title":"EMC Avamar 6.0.x, 6.1.x, and 7.0.x in Avamar Data Store (ADS) GEN4(S) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE), when Password Hardening before 2.0.0.4 is enabled, uses UNIX DES crypt for password hashing, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to…","description":"EMC Avamar 6.0.x, 6.1.x, and 7.0.x in Avamar Data Store (ADS) GEN4(S) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE), when Password Hardening before 2.0.0.4 is enabled, uses UNIX DES crypt for password hashing, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack.","published":"2014-10-25T10:55:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:10:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-310"],"affected":["emc/avamar"],"epss":{"score":0.01593,"percentile":0.75572,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0146.html","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128842/EMC-Avamar-Weak-Password-Storage.html","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70732","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031117","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97757","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0146.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128842/EMC-Avamar-Weak-Password-Storage.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70732","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031117","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97757","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4623","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}