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CVE-2014-4509

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-06-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The MKDQUOTESAFE function in the Fan-out driver scripts in Fan-Out Platform Services in Novell Identity Manager (aka IDM) 4.0.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging eDirectory POSIX attribute changes to insert shell metacharacters.

Affected products

• NetIQ Identity Manager: 4.0.2

References

• http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=5XLmBl54_Rg~
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68139
• http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=5XLmBl54_Rg~
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68139

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