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CVE-2014-125118: eScan 5.5-2 Web Management Console Command Injection

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.4 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-07-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in the eScan Web Management Console version 5.5-2. The application fails to properly sanitize the 'pass' parameter when processing login requests to login.php, allowing an authenticated attacker with a valid username to inject arbitrary commands via a specially crafted password value. Successful exploitation results in remote code execution. Privilege escalation to root is possible by abusing the runasroot utility with mwconf-level privileges.

Affected products

• MicroWorld eScan Web Management Console: 5.5-2

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/antivirus/escan_password_exec.rb
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32869
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/escan-web-management-console-command-injection

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