CVE-2014-5006

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 25.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-10-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

ManageEngine Desktop Central: through 9.0

References

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110644
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/88
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34594
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/ManageEngine/me_dc9_file_upload.txt
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution.html
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110644
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/88
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34594
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/ManageEngine/me_dc9_file_upload.txt
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution.html

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