CVE-2014-5376

Exp

Adaptive Computing Moab before 7.2.9 and 8 before 8.0.0, when a pre-generated key is used, does not validate that the requesting user matches the actor in the message, which allows remote authenticated users to impersonate arbitrary users via the actor field in a message.

Published: 2014-10-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-5376 is rated Exploit Available (58.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.68%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-5376

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5376

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 0.28% 1.68% +1.40%
2 2025-03-17 0.43% 0.28% -0.15%
3 2023-03-07 0.43%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5376

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5376

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5376

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adaptivecomputing moab <= 7.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:moab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing moab 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:moab:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5376

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