# CVE-2014-9193: Innominate mGuard Improper Privilege Management

> Remote authenticated administrators can escalate privileges to root by modifying a PPP configuration setting in Innominate mGuard devices.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Dec 2014
- **Updated:** 28 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rh9r-8973-rv59

## What is CVE-2014-9193?

CVE-2014-9193 is a high-severity vulnerability in Innominate mGuard, published on 20 Dec 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Innominate mGuard with firmware before 7.6.6 and 8.x before 8.1.4 allows remote authenticated admins to obtain root privileges by changing a PPP configuration setting.

Weakness: CWE-264, CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9193?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Innominate Mguard Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-9193?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9193 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-9193 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9193 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Innominate mGuard

- [CVE-2012-3006](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3006/): Weak cryptography in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2014-2356](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2356/): Innominate mGuard Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2015-3966](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3966/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9193 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-9193 is a high-severity vulnerability in Innominate mGuard, published on 20 Dec 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9193 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Innominate mGuard. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9193/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9193/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9193
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9193
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9193

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9193/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.