CVE-2014-2198 — Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager (CDM) in Unified CDM Platform Software before 4.4.2 has a hardcoded SSH private key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to the support and root accounts by extracting this key from a binary file found in a different installation of the product, aka Bug ID CSCud41130

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Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager (CDM) in Unified CDM Platform Software before 4.4.2 has a hardcoded SSH private key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to the support and root accounts by extracting this key from a binary file found in a different installation of the product, aka Bug ID CSCud41130

Published Jul 7, 2014

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.60%

Description

Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager (CDM) in Unified CDM Platform Software before 4.4.2 has a hardcoded SSH private key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to the support and root accounts by extracting this key from a binary file found in a different installation of the product, aka Bug ID CSCud41130.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.60% 0.03602

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

EPSS probability 0.03602

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.60% (0.03602)	89.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.60% (0.03602)	87.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	2.34% (0.02337)	83.41th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.78% (0.03784)	79.89th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.22% (0.02223)	83.34th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.06% (0.01060)	84.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 10, 2024	1.06% (0.01060)	83.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.06% (0.01060)	81.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/59544
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140702-cucdm
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAMBAlert.x?alertId=34689
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68334
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030515
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/59544		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140702-cucdm		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAMBAlert.x?alertId=34689		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68334		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030515		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Jul 7, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Feb 25, 2014

Link CVE-2014-2198

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-2198

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-2198