CVE-2014-5073
vmtadmin.cgi in VMTurbo Operations Manager before 4.6 build 28657 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 76.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
vmtadmin.cgi in VMTurbo Operations Manager before 4.6 build 28657 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the fileDate parameter in a DOWN call.
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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- VMTurbo Operations Manager vmtadmin.cgi Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/http/vmturbo_vmtadmin_exec_noauthRank excellentdisclosed 25 Jun 2014
Exploit-DB1 entry
- VMTurbo Operations Manager 4.6 - 'vmtadmin.cgi' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34335remote, linuxpublished 14 Aug 2014Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 34335 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
ID reserved
By mitre
- 36 days later
· 36 days 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)
- 76.3% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (9 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
8
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2014-8/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- vmturbo-cve20145073-cmd-exec(95319) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127864/VMTurbo-Operations-Manager-4.6-vmtadmin.cgi-Remote-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 109572 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 58880 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 69225 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 34335 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://disse.cting.org/2014/07/30/vmturbo-operation-manager-remote-command-execution/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2014-4972 (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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