CVE-2014-125121

Array Networks vAPV (version 8.3.2.17) and vxAG (version 9.2.0.34) appliances are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by a combination of hardcoded SSH credentials (or SSH private key) and insecure permissions on a startup script. The devices ship with a default SSH login or a hardcoded DSA private key, allowing an attacker to authenticate remotely with limited privileges. Once authenticated, an attacker can overwrite the world-writable /ca/bin/monitor.sh script with arbitrary commands. Since this script is executed with elevated privileges through the backend binary, enabling the debug monitor via backend -c "debug monitor on" triggers execution of the attacker's payload as root. This allows full system compromise.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/125761
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/ssh/array_vxag_vapv_privkey_privesc.rb
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32440
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/array-networks-vapv-vxag-default-credential-privilege-escalation

Configurations

No configuration.

History

31 Jul 2025, 15:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-31 15:15

Updated : 2025-07-31 18:42

NVD link : CVE-2014-125121

Mitre link : CVE-2014-125121

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-125121

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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