CVE-2014-5005

high
Published 2014-10-21 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
7.5

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 in an LFU action to statusUpdate.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
zohocorpmanageengine_desktop_central{"endIncluding":"9.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-22

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.