CVE-2014-5007

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 37.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-01-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the agentLogUploader servlet in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) and Desktop Central Managed Service Providers (MSP) edition before 9 build 90055 allows remote attackers to write to and execute arbitrary files as SYSTEM via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter.

Affected products

ManageEngine Desktop Central: from 7.0 through 9.0
Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central Managed Service Providers: from 7.0 through 9.0

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/88
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/88
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution.html

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