Innominate mGuard Improper Privilege Management

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9193
StatePUBLISHED
Assignericscert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-20 00:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInnominate mGuard with firmware before 7.6.6 and 8.x before 8.1.4 allows remote authenticated admins to obtain root privileges by changing a PPP configuration setting.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-269 | CWE-264 | CWE-269 CWE-269


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
2.0[email protected]Primary9AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
2.0[email protected]Secondary8.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
2.0CNACVSS8.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Innominate Mguard Firmware 8.0.0 All All All
Operating System Innominate Mguard Firmware 8.0.1 All All All
Operating System Innominate Mguard Firmware 8.0.2 All All All
Operating System Innominate Mguard Firmware 8.0.3 All All All
Operating System Innominate Mguard Firmware 8.1.1 All All All
Operating System Innominate Mguard Firmware 8.1.2 All All All
Operating System Innominate Mguard Firmware 8.1.3 All All All
Operating System Innominate Mguard Firmware All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Innominate MGuard affected 8.1.3 custom Not specified
CNA Innominate MGuard unaffected 7.6.6 Not specified
CNA Innominate MGuard unaffected 8.1.4 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Innominate mGuard Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | ICS-CERT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ics-cert.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
PHOENIX CONTACT | PHOENIX CONTACT Cyber Security GmbH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.innominate.com Vendor Advisory
www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-352-02 [email protected] www.cisa.gov
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Innominate Security Technologies has identified a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all mGuard devices. (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Innominate has released firmware patches Version 7.6.6 and Version 8.1.4 that mitigates the vulnerability in the mGuard firmware Version 7 and Version 8, respectively. Innominate recommends that customers using firmware versions older than Version 7, which are no longer being maintained, should upgrade to mGuard firmware Version 7.6.6 or Version 8.1.4. Innominate also recommends that customers limit access to the administrative interfaces to a minimum via firewall rules. For additional information on the vulnerability, Innominate’s security advisory is available on its web site at: http://www.innominate.com/en/downloads/security-advisories Innominate’s firmware updates are available on its web site at: http://www.innominate.com/en/downloads/updates

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 591069 Phoenix Contact Innominate mGuard devices Vulnerability (Security Advisory 2014/12/17-001)

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