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critical 10.0

CVE-2014-3692 json

The customization template in Red Hat CloudForms 3.1 Management Engine (CFME) 5.3 uses a default password for the root account when a passw…

published 2015-01-16 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3638

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The customization template in Red Hat CloudForms 3.1 Management Engine (CFME) 5.3 uses a default password for the root account when a password is not specified for a new image, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Patch / fix

  • cfme cloudforms managementengine 5 5.3.2.6-1.el6cf
  • cfme-lib cloudforms managementengine 5 5.3.2.6-1.el6cf
  • cfme-appliance cloudforms managementengine 5 5.3.2.6-1.el6cf
  • mingw32-cfme-host cloudforms managementengine 5 5.3.2.6-1.el6cf
  • ruby193-rubygem-fog cloudforms managementengine 5 1.19.0-2.el6cf
  • ruby193-rubygem-linux_admin cloudforms managementengine 5 0.9.4-1.el6cf

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0028

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3692 updated cvss 3.8

CFME: default fallback password in customization_templates.yml

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.3 cfme 5.3.2.6-1.el6cf, cfme-lib 5.3.2.6-1.el6cf, cfme-appliance 5.3.2.6-1.el6cf, mingw32-cfme-host 5.3.2.6-1.el6cf, ruby193-rubygem-fog 1.19.0-2.el6cf, ruby193-rubygem-linux_admin 0.9.4-1.el6cf
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0028

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.