VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-1644

high
Published 2014-03-29 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The forgotten-password feature in forcepasswd.do in the management GUI in Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator (LUA) 2.x before 2.3.2.110 allows remote attackers to reset arbitrary passwords by providing the e-mail address associated with a user account.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
symantecliveupdate_administrator{"endIncluding":"2.3.2"}
symantecliveupdate_administrator2.1.0
symantecliveupdate_administrator2.1.2
symantecliveupdate_administrator2.1.3
symantecliveupdate_administrator2.2.1
symantecliveupdate_administrator2.2.2
symantecliveupdate_administrator2.2.2.9
symantecliveupdate_administrator2.3.0
symantecliveupdate_administrator2.3.1

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.