CVE-2014-6287

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25. Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2014-10-07 10:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2014-09-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7e0447f379ac6e9accab0ae7235c05a4f555f6ab1b6f25b2a454dee9b62f1985

• www.kb.cert.orgVU#251276http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251276third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.exploit-db.com39161https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39161/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128243/HttpFileServer-2.3.x-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/3793x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135122/Rejetto-HTTP-File-Server-2.3.x-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160264/Rejetto-HttpFileServer-2.3.x-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161503/HFS-HTTP-File-Server-2.3.x-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-6287government-resource