CVE-2014-8270

medium

Published 2014-12-12 · 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

6.0

Description

BMC Track-It! 11.3 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code by creating an account whose name matches that of a local system account, then performing a password reset.

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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/http/bmc_trackit_passwd_reset rank 300

BMC TrackIt! Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Change

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
bmc	track-it\!	`11.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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

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