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high 7.5

CVE-2014-5073 in the critical feed json

vmtadmin.cgi in VMTurbo Operations Manager before 4.6 build 28657 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metachara…

published 2014-08-29 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4972

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
76.3%
EPSS 76.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

vmtadmin.cgi in VMTurbo Operations Manager before 4.6 build 28657 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the fileDate parameter in a DOWN call.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/http/vmturbo_vmtadmin_exec_noauth)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

76.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/http/vmturbo_vmtadmin_exec_noauth VMTurbo Operations Manager vmtadmin.cgi Remote Command Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2014-06-25
  • EDB-34335 VMTurbo Operations Manager 4.6 - 'vmtadmin.cgi' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2014-08-14
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127864/VMTurbo-Operations-Manager-4.6-vmtadmin.cgi-Remote-Command-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69225 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • disse.cting.org http://disse.cting.org/2014/07/30/vmturbo-operation-manager-remote-command-execution/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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