CVE-2014-2517
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 · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in EMC RSA Archer GRC Platform 5.x before 5.5 SP1 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.
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 confidenceEMC RSA Archer GRC Platform versions 5.x before 5.5 SP1 contains an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability that allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges through unknown attack vectors.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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 data= 5.3= 5.4= 5.5CVSS 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
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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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Confirm RSA Archer GRC Platform installationLocate the RSA Archer GRC Platform installation directory or check system services for 'Archer' or 'RSA Archer' processes runningAffected if RSA Archer GRC Platform is not installed on the system
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Identify installed RSA Archer versionAccess the Archer web interface and navigate to About/Version information, or check installation logs or configuration files for version metadataAffected if The displayed version is 5.3, 5.4, or 5.5
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Verify version is within affected rangeCompare the installed version number against the affected versions: 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5Affected if Installed version equals 5.3, 5.4, or 5.5, or is an earlier 5.x release before 5.5 SP1
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Confirm remote authentication is possibleDetermine if the Archer platform is exposed for remote access and if user authentication mechanisms are enabledAffected if Remote authenticated users can access the platform, enabling the privilege escalation attack vector
The environment is affected if RSA Archer GRC Platform version 5.3, 5.4, or 5.5 is installed and accessible to remote authenticated users.
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 dataUpgrade RSA Archer GRC Platform to version 5.5 SP1 or later to remediate this vulnerability, as no further details or workarounds are provided in the advisory.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-2517 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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