CVE-2014-3996
SQL injection vulnerability in the LinkViewFetchServlet servlet in ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) and Desktop Central Managed Service…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 38.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in the LinkViewFetchServlet servlet in ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) and Desktop Central Managed Service Providers (MSP) edition before 9 build 90043, Password Manager Pro (PMP) and Password Manager Pro Managed Service Providers (MSP) edition before 7 build 7003, IT360 and IT360 Managed Service Providers (MSP) edition before 10.3.3 build 10330, and possibly other ManageEngine products, allows remote attackers or remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sv parameter to LinkViewFetchServlet.dat.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- ManageEngine Desktop Central / Password Manager LinkViewFetchServlet.dat SQL Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/manage_engine_dc_pmp_sqliRank excellentdisclosed 8 Jun 2014
Exploit-DB1 entry
- ManageEngine Password Manager - MetadataServlet.dat SQL Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34409webapps, multiplepublished 25 Aug 2014Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By mitre
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.4% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- 20140819 [The ManageOwnage Series, part I]: blind SQL injection in two servlets (metasploit module included) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 69305 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/ManageEngine/me_dc_pmp_it360_sqli.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/msf_modules/manageengine_dc_pmp_sqli.rb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127973/ManageEngine-Password-Manager-MetadataServlet.dat-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20140830 Re: [The ManageOwnage Series, part I]: blind SQL injection in two servlets (metasploit module included) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-3927 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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