CVE-2014-0643

EMC RSA NetWitness before 9.8.5.19 and RSA Security Analytics before 10.2.4 and 10.3.x before 10.3.2, when Kerberos PAM is enabled, do not require a password, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging knowledge of a valid account name.

Published: 2014-05-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0643 is rated Moderate Risk (60.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.35%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0643

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.95% 2.35% +1.40%
2 2025-12-30 1.21% 0.95% -0.26%
3 2025-03-30 1.21%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0643

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0643

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0643

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emc rsa_netwitness < 9.8.5.19 cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_netwitness:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc rsa_security_analytics >= 10.2, < 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_security_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc rsa_security_analytics >= 10.3, < 10.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_security_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0643

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