CVE-2014-125121
Array Networks vAPV and vxAG Default Credential Privilege Escalation
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.
- Affected
- Array Networks · vAPV · vxAG
- CVSS v4.0 VULNCHECK
- 10.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS
- 1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 69th percentile
- Published
- 2025-07-31
- Updated
- 2026-04-07
Proof-of-concept exploits (3)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32440
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/uni…
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/125761