CVE-2014-5005 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2014-5005?

CVE-2014-5005 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5005?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5005?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2014-5005 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-5005 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2021-44515 Zoho Desktop Central Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-10189 Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central File Upload Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7213 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2014-9371 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-15588 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2014-9404, GHSA-8r7m-xm73-p5vg.