CVE-2014-9000

Exp

Mule Enterprise Management Console (MMC) does not properly restrict access to handler/securityService.rpc, which allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges and execute arbitrary code via a crafted request that adds a new user. NOTE: this issue was originally reported for ESB Runtime 3.5.1, but it originates in MMC.

Published: 2014-11-20 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9000 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.12%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 4 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-2014-9000

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35079 exploit_db edb 2014-10-27 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9000

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 2025-04-05 16.96% 15.12% -1.84%
2 2025-03-30 10.74% 16.96% +6.23%
3 2025-03-29 10.74%

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9000

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9000

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9000

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mulesoft mule_enterprise_management_console cpe:2.3:a:mulesoft:mule_enterprise_management_console:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9000

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