CVE-2014-9141 — The installer in Thomson Reuters Fixed Assets CS 13.1.4 and earlier uses weak permissions for connectbgdl.exe, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying this program

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HIGH

The installer in Thomson Reuters Fixed Assets CS 13.1.4 and earlier uses weak permissions for connectbgdl.exe, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying this program

Published Dec 3, 2014

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.21%

Description

The installer in Thomson Reuters Fixed Assets CS 13.1.4 and earlier uses weak permissions for connectbgdl.exe, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying this program.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.21% 0.01209

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

EPSS probability 0.01209

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.21% (0.01209)	67.29th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.21% (0.01209)	64.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.31% (0.00308)	51.77th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00061)	27.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 31, 2024	0.06% (0.00061)	25.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00061)	23.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.23% (0.04235)	87.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.23% (0.04235)	86.20th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.23% (0.04235)	69.95th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35423
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.information-paradox.net/2014/12/cve-2014-9141-thomson-reuters-fixed.html
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35423		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.information-paradox.net/2014/12/cve-2014-9141-thomson-reuters-fixed.html		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 3, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Nov 28, 2014

Link CVE-2014-9141

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-9141

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-9141