# CVE-2014-9197: Schneider Electric ETG3000 FactoryCast HMI Gateway Missing Authentication for Critical Function

> Remote attackers can access sensitive configuration data by directly requesting a file stored under the web root without authentication.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jan 2015
- **Updated:** 5 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-436f-chr9-2p6r

## What is CVE-2014-9197?

CVE-2014-9197 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Schneider Electric ETG3000 FactoryCast HMI Gateway, published on 27 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Schneider Electric ETG3000 FactoryCast HMI Gateway with firmware before 1.60 IR 04 stores rde.jar under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive setup and configuration information via a direct request.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9197?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Schneider-Electric Etg3000 Factorycast Hmi Gateway Firmware, Schneider-Electric Tsxetg3000, Schneider-Electric Tsxetg3010, Schneider-Electric Tsxetg3021, Schneider-Electric Tsxetg3022.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-9197?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9197 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-9197 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9197 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric ETG3000 FactoryCast HMI Gateway

- [CVE-2014-9198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9198/): Schneider Electric ETG3000 FactoryCast HMI Gateway Use of Hard-coded Credentials (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9197 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-9197 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Schneider Electric ETG3000 FactoryCast HMI Gateway, published on 27 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9197 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Schneider Electric ETG3000 FactoryCast HMI Gateway. 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-2014-9197/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9197/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9197
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9197
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9197

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