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critical 9.8

CVE-2014-5007 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the agentLogUploader servlet in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) and Desktop Central Managed Ser…

published 2020-01-17 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4909

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
37.3%
EPSS 37.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the agentLogUploader servlet in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) and Desktop Central Managed Service Providers (MSP) edition before 9 build 90055 allows remote attackers to write to and execute arbitrary files as SYSTEM via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-29674)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

37.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-34518 ManageEngine Desktop Central - Arbitrary File Upload / Remote Code Execution webapps, 2014-09-01
  • EDB-29812 DesktopCentral AgentLogUpload - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) remote, 2013-11-25
  • EDB-29674 ManageEngine Desktop Central 8.0.0 build < 80293 - Arbitrary File Upload webapps, 2013-11-18
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/88 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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