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CVE-2014-9687 json

eCryptfs 104 and earlier uses a default salt to encrypt the mount passphrase, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain user passwords…

published 2015-03-16 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9495

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

eCryptfs 104 and earlier uses a default salt to encrypt the mount passphrase, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain user passwords via a brute force attack.

Patch / fix

  • ecryptfs-utils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 103-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9687

  • ecryptfs-utils Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9687

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ecryptfs-utils SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +4 more 61-1.35.1
  • ecryptfs-utils SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 SP1 +3 more 103-7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0290-1SUSE-SU-2016:0241-1

  • ecryptfs-utils openSUSE Tumbleweed 108-2.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10118-1

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-2014-9687 updated cvss 1.2

ecryptfs-utils: default salt is used for wrapping passphrase

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ecryptfs-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ecryptfs-utils, ecryptfs-utils-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ecryptfs-utils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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

2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/906550 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

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