CVE-2014-8733

Cloudera Manager 5.2.0, 5.2.1, and 5.3.0 stores the LDAP bind password in plaintext in unspecified world-readable files under /etc/hadoop, which allows local users to obtain this password.

Published: 2015-02-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-8733 is rated Low Risk (16.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Mandatory action: 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-2014-8733

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 0.05% 0.32% +0.27%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8733

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-2014-8733

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8733

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cloudera cloudera_manager 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager 5.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8733

cvelogic Threat Intelligence