CVE-2014-5006 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2014-5006?

CVE-2014-5006 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Oct 2014. It can be exploited over the network, 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 to mdm/mdmLogUploader.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5006?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5006?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5006 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-2014-5006 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-5006 exists.

Public exploit code: 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 GHSA-ggvc-xmv8-5pc7.