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…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- ifwatchd Privilege Escalation (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/qnx/local/ifwatchd_priv_escRank excellentdisclosed 10 Mar 2014
Exploit-DB2 entries
- ifwatchd - Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45575local, linuxpublished 9 Oct 2018Verified
- QNX 6.4.x/6.5.x ifwatchd - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32153local, qnxpublished 10 Mar 2014Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 45575 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 32153 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 20140313 Re: Medium severity flaw in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 45575 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20140311 Medium severity flaw in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20140312 Medium severity flaw in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20140313 Re: Medium severity flaw in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 32153 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-2569 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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