What is CVE-2014-4861?

CVE-2014-4861 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Thycotic Secret Server, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2014-4861?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Thycotic Secret Server

CVE-2014-4861

The Remote Desktop Launcher in Thycotic Secret Server before 8.6.000010 does not properly cleanup a temporary file that contains an encrypted password once a session has ended.

Published 2018-03-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Thycotic Secret Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

thycotic.com/products/secret-server/resources/advisories/cve-2014-4861/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-4861?: CVE-2014-4861 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Thycotic Secret Server, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2014-4861?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.