CVE-2014-9687

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

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.

Affected products

Ecryptfs-Utils: through 104

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/17/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/28/3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2524-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/906550
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/17/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/28/3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2524-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/906550

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