CVE-2014-2359
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOleumTech Wireless Sensor Network devices allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about sensor nodes or spoof devices by reading cleartext protocol data.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceOleumTech Wireless Sensor Network devices transmit sensor data in cleartext (unencrypted) protocol format. An attacker with network proximity to the wireless sensor network can passively intercept these transmissions to discover sensitive information about sensor nodes (IDs, readings, network topology) and craft malicious packets to spoof legitimate sensor devices.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify OleumTech sensor devicesLocate and confirm the presence of OleumTech FT1 or AD1 wireless sensor devices on your network. Check device labels, asset inventory, or network discovery for these specific model numbers.Affected if OleumTech FT1 or AD1 firmware devices are present in your environment
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Check wireless encryption configurationAccess the device management interface or configuration settings. Look for wireless security or encryption settings (such as AES-128 or other encryption protocols). Determine whether encryption is enabled or disabled.Affected if Wireless encryption is disabled or not configured on the device
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Capture wireless sensor trafficUse a wireless packet sniffer or network monitoring tool within proximity to the wireless sensor network. Capture transmissions between the sensor devices and the gateway.Affected if Captured traffic shows unencrypted sensor data including node IDs, readings, or network topology information transmitted in cleartext format
If you have OleumTech FT1 or AD1 devices with wireless communications that are not using encryption (data is transmitted in cleartext), your environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement encryption for wireless sensor network communications (e.g., AES-128 encryption if supported by the device firmware), or isolate the wireless sensor network via network segmentation and add encryption at the gateway/proxy layer if device-level encryption is unavailable.
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