Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-5334 · published 8 January 2018

CVE-2014-5334: Freenas vulnerability

Freenas · Freenas

FreeNAS before 9.3-M3 has a blank admin password, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges by leveraging a WebGui login.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 5.1% · top 7.9% CWE-254 · CWE-254

9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 10.0

5.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

FreeNAS before 9.3-M3 has a blank admin password, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges by leveraging a WebGui login.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Freenas Freenas

References

Link	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/19/2	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69249	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/5844	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/19/2	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69249	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/5844	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

4.3CVE-2009-2738Freenas cross-site scripting vulnerabilityCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WebGUI in FreeNAS before 0.7RC1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users …EPSS 1.1%11 Aug 2009 4.3CVE-2009-2739Freenas cross-site scripting vulnerabilityCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in FreeNAS before 0.69.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors.EPSS 1.0%11 Aug 2009

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-5334), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.