CVE-2014-9252

Zenoss Core through 5 Beta 3 stores cleartext passwords in the session database, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading database entries, aka ZEN-15416.

Published: 2014-12-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9252 is rated Low Risk (18.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). 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-2014-9252

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 0.06% 0.36% +0.30%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9252

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-2014-9252

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2014-9252

  • Zenoss (2016-03-21T12:36:16.473)

    Addressed in 5.1.1

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9252

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zenoss zenoss_core <= 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:*:beta_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 2.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 4.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 4.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:5.0.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
zenoss zenoss_core 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:5.0.0:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9252

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