CVE-2014-5006
Directory traversal vulnerability in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) before 9 build 90055 allows remote attackers to execute…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 25.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) before 9 build 90055 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter to mdm/mdmLogUploader.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB2 entries
- ManageEngine Desktop Central StatusUpdate - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34594remote, windowspublished 9 Sept 2014Verified
- ManageEngine Desktop Central - Arbitrary File Upload / Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34518webapps, jsppublished 1 Sept 2014Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 34594 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 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)
- 25.1% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (10 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
5
- 20140831 [The ManageOwnage Series, part III]: Multiple vulnerabilities / RCE in ManageEngine Desktop Central (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/ManageEngine/me_dc9_file_upload.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34594 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 110644 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2014-4908 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-5006)Record last updated .