CVE-2014-7872

Exp

Comodo GeekBuddy before 4.18.121 does not restrict access to the VNC server, which allows local users to gain privileges by connecting to the server.

Published: 2015-06-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-7872 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.04%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-7872

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37065 exploit_db edb 2015-05-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7872

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 0.74% 1.04% +0.30%
2 2025-05-21 1.49% 0.74% -0.75%
3 2025-03-30 1.49%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7872

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-7872

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7872

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
comodo geekbuddy <= 4.18.120 cpe:2.3:a:comodo:geekbuddy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7872

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