CVE-2014-8516
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Visual Mining NetCharts Server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a…
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Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Visual Mining NetCharts Server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via unspecified vectors.
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.
Metasploit modules1 module
- Visual Mining NetCharts Server Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/visual_mining_netcharts_uploadRank excellentdisclosed 3 Nov 2014
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Visual Mining NetCharts Server - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35211remote, javapublished 10 Nov 2014Verified
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Timeline
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- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Published
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· 5 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 | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 81.7% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-372/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70895 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98475 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129023 (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-2014-8353 (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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