CVE-2017-14378

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14378
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdell
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-29 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionEMC RSA Authentication Agent API 8.5 for C and RSA Authentication Agent SDK 8.6 for C allow attackers to bypass authentication, aka an "Error Handling Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 10 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.019600000 probability, percentile 0.836870000 (date 2026-05-14)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | Error Handling Vulnerability


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary10CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Emc Rsa Authentication Agent Api For C 8.5 All All All
Application Emc Rsa Authentication Agent Sdk For C 8.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na RSA Authentication Agent SDK RSA Authentication Agent API 8.5 For C And RSA Authentication Agent SDK 8.6 For C affected RSA Authentication Agent SDK RSA Authentication Agent API 8.5 for C and RSA Authentication Agent SDK 8.6 for C Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: ESA-2017-146: RSA® Authentication Agent SDK for C Error Handling Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
RSA Authentication Agent SDK for C Error Handling Flaw May Let Remote Users Bypass Authentication on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Multiple EMC RSA products CVE-2017-14378 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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