CVE-2014-8778

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Checkmarx CxSAST (formerly CxSuite) before 7.1.8 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the CxQL sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary C# code by asserting the (1) System.Security.Permissions.PermissionState.Unrestricted or (2) System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermissionFlag.AllFlags permission.

Affected products

Checkmarx Cxsast: through 7.1.6

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133437/Checkmarx-CxQL-7.1.5-Sandbox-Bypass.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/17
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536387/100/0/threaded
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133437/Checkmarx-CxQL-7.1.5-Sandbox-Bypass.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/17
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536387/100/0/threaded

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