BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.5.0 command-line access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.5.0. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument command-line leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-2533. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.5.0 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument command-line with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

/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.

The weakness was disclosed 03/18/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-2533 since 03/17/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (32153). The entry VDB-66693 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

03/17/2014 🔍
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03/24/2015 +371 days 🔍
05/08/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-2533 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2533
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66692
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/08/2026 12:26
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (42), 02/18/2018 10:35 (10), 11/24/2024 18:26 (20), 05/08/2026 12:26 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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