Path Traversal in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central

CVE-2014-5007

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.373 (98.5th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2014-5007: held from 0.373 to 0.373.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.373 · newest: 0.373 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5007?
CVE-2014-5007 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2014-5007?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-5007 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.