CVE-2014-1849 — Foscam IP camera 11.37.2.49 and other versions, when using the Foscam DynDNS option, generates credentials based on predictable camera subdomain names, which allows remote attackers to spoof or hijack arbitrary cameras and conduct other attacks by modifying arbitrary camera records in the Foscam DNS server

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Foscam IP camera 11.37.2.49 and other versions, when using the Foscam DynDNS option, generates credentials based on predictable camera subdomain names, which allows remote attackers to spoof or hijack arbitrary cameras and conduct other attacks by modifying arbitrary camera records in the Foscam DNS server

Published May 14, 2014

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 12.09%

Description

Foscam IP camera 11.37.2.49 and other versions, when using the Foscam DynDNS option, generates credentials based on predictable camera subdomain names, which allows remote attackers to spoof or hijack arbitrary cameras and conduct other attacks by modifying arbitrary camera records in the Foscam DNS server.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

12.09% 0.12091

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.12091

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (16 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	12.09% (0.12091)	96.03th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	12.09% (0.12091)	95.60th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 28, 2025	21.13% (0.21131)	95.47th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Sep 19, 2025	22.33% (0.22327)	95.62th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Aug 27, 2025	20.85% (0.20848)	95.40th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	24.33% (0.24328)	95.63th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	27.38% (0.27378)	94.26th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	23.59% (0.23590)	95.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	8.15% (0.08146)	94.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 29, 2024	10.86% (0.10863)	95.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 26, 2024	13.31% (0.13312)	95.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	14.39% (0.14391)	94.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	7.03% (0.07032)	92.26th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 25, 2022	7.03% (0.07032)	92.03th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	7.58% (0.07584)	92.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	7.58% (0.07584)	81.17th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (3)

http://blog.shekyan.com/2014/05/cve-2014-1849-foscam-dynamic-dns-predictable-credentials-vulnerability.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/35
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://github.com/artemharutyunyan/getmecamtool/blob/master/src/dnsmod.c
x_refsource_MISCExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://blog.shekyan.com/2014/05/cve-2014-1849-foscam-dynamic-dns-predictable-credentials-vulnerability.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/35		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://github.com/artemharutyunyan/getmecamtool/blob/master/src/dnsmod.c		x_refsource_MISCExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 14, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Feb 2, 2014

Link CVE-2014-1849

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-1849

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-1849