CVE-2014-2942 — Cobham Aviator 700D and 700E satellite terminals use an improper algorithm for PIN codes, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain a privileged terminal session by calculating the superuser code, and then leveraging physical access or terminal access to enter this code

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Cobham Aviator 700D and 700E satellite terminals use an improper algorithm for PIN codes, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain a privileged terminal session by calculating the superuser code, and then leveraging physical access or terminal access to enter this code

Published Sep 22, 2014

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.39%

Description

Cobham Aviator 700D and 700E satellite terminals use an improper algorithm for PIN codes, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain a privileged terminal session by calculating the superuser code, and then leveraging physical access or terminal access to enter this code.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.39% 0.00387

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

EPSS probability 0.00387

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.39% (0.00387)	30.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.39% (0.00387)	30.29th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00051)	13.12th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00070)	32.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.07% (0.00070)	30.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00070)	28.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (1)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/882207
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/882207		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner certcc

Published Sep 22, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Apr 21, 2014

Link CVE-2014-2942

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-2942

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-2942