Vulnerability in Barracuda Load Balancer

CVE-2014-8428

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Barracuda Load Balancer 5.0.0.015 via the use of an improperly protected SSH key.

EPSS: 0.024 (82.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Barracuda Load_balancer — versions 5.0.0.015
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

cmaruti/reports

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8428?: CVE-2014-8428 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Barracuda Load Balancer, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2014-8428?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-8428 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.