CVE-2014-9610

Exp

Netsweeper before 3.1.10, 4.0.x before 4.0.9, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and remove IP addresses from the quarantine via the ip parameter to webadmin/user/quarantine_disable.php.

Published: 2017-09-19 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9610 is rated High Exploit Risk (64/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.36%, 94th percentile). 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-2014-9610

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37929 exploit_db edb 2015-08-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9610

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 2025-07-18 21.32% 13.36% -7.96%
2 2025-03-30 13.51% 21.32% +7.81%
3 2025-03-29 13.51%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9610

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9610

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9610

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netsweeper netsweeper <= 3.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netsweeper netsweeper 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9610

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