Innominate mGuard Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerabilities 1

• High 8.5
  CVE-2014-9193

  Innominate mGuard Improper Privilege Management

  Innominate mGuard with firmware before 7.6.6 and 8.x before 8.1.4 allows remote authenticated admins to obtain root privileges by changing a PPP configuration setting.

  Innominate mGuard
  Dec 20, 2014

Revision history

1. 2025-06-06 #2

   Advisory converted into a CSAF

2. 2014-09-20 #1

   Initial Publication

References

• ICS Advisory ICSA-14-352-02 - Web Version
  https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-352-02
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems
• Recommended Practices
  https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/sites/default/files/publications/emailscams0905.pdf
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/tips/ST04-014