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high 7.5

CVE-2014-6037 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the agentUpload servlet in ZOHO ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 9.0 build 9002 and 8.2 build 8020 allow…

published 2014-10-26 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-5925

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
84.2%
EPSS 84.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the agentUpload servlet in ZOHO ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 9.0 build 9002 and 8.2 build 8020 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a ZIP file which contains an executable file with .. (dot dot) sequences in its name, then accessing the executable via a direct request to the file under the web root. Fixed in Build 11072.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/eventlog_file_upload)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

84.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/http/eventlog_file_upload ManageEngine Eventlog Analyzer Arbitrary File Upload metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2014-08-31
  • EDB-34670 ManageEngine Eventlog Analyzer - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) remote, 2014-09-15
  • EDB-34519 ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer - Multiple Vulnerabilities (1) webapps, 2014-09-01
  • github.com https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/3732 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128102/ManageEngine-EventLog-Analyzer-9.9-Authorization-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/86 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/19 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69482 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/20 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • mogwaisecurity.de https://www.mogwaisecurity.de/advisories/MSA-2014-01.txt 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

Classification

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

References

Sources

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