CVE-2014-9193
Innominate mGuard Improper Privilege Management
HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 20, 2014 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMguard Firmware
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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Innominate 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.6.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8.1.4 (unaffected)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.innominate.com/data/downloads/software/innominate_security_advisory_20141217_001_en.pdfThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-352-02CVSS
8.5HIGHicscert
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269CWE-264
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