Actual Analyzer through 2014-08-29 allows code execution via shell metacharacters because untrusted input is used for part of the input dat…

published 2024-06-21 2y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-5357

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 10.0%; EPSS 10.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 2; Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Actual Analyzer through 2014-08-29 allows code execution via shell metacharacters because untrusted input is used for part of the input data passed to an eval operation.

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Timeline

2014-08-28 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/actualanalyzer_ant_cookie_exec)
2024-06-21 Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2y ago (2024-06-25)

Exploit prediction

10.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/actualanalyzer_ant_cookie_exec ActualAnalyzer 'ant' Cookie Command Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2014-08-28
EDB-35549 ActualAnalyzer - 'ant' Cookie Command Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2014-12-16

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

actualscripts actualanalyzer

Classification

Weakness

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-5470
NVD CVE-2014-5470

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