01 Record
CVE-2014-8886
AVM FRITZ!OS before 6.30 extracts the contents of firmware updates before verifying their cryptographic signature, which allows remote attackers to create symlinks or overwrite critical files, and
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
AVM FRITZ!OS before 6.30 extracts the contents of firmware updates before verifying their cryptographic signature, which allows remote attackers to create symlinks or overwrite critical files, and
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-01-08 20:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 756b4c0979a6d4ef7a907232c88d1f8350721ba66e674dfa0b08253c71698298
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- seclists.org20160107 [RT-SA-2014-014] AVM FRITZ!Box: Arbitrary Code Execution Through Manipulated Firmware Imageshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/12
- www.securityfocus.com20160107 [RT-SA-2014-014] AVM FRITZ!Box: Arbitrary Code Execution Through Manipulated Firmware Imageshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537246/100/0/threaded
- www.redteam-pentesting.dehttps://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2014-014
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135161/AVM-FRITZ-Box-Arbitrary-Code-Execution-Via-Firmware-Images.html
- avm.dehttps://avm.de/service/sicherheitsinfos-zu-updates/