CVE-2014-8529

McAfee Network Data Loss Prevention (NDLP) before 9.3 stores the SSH key in cleartext, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2014-10-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8529 is rated Low Risk (16.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8529

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 0.13% 0.32% +0.19%
2 2025-03-30 0.16% 0.13% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8529

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8529

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8529

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mcafee network_data_loss_prevention <= 9.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_data_loss_prevention:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee network_data_loss_prevention 8.6 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_data_loss_prevention:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee network_data_loss_prevention 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_data_loss_prevention:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee network_data_loss_prevention 9.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_data_loss_prevention:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8529

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