01 Record
CVE-2014-7862
The DCPluginServelet servlet in ManageEngine Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP before build 90109 allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts via an addPlugInUser action.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The DCPluginServelet servlet in ManageEngine Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP before build 90109 allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts via an addPlugInUser action.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 81.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.6% 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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-01-04 17:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 521cf5735588e93c1fcd9a4713335b5f67d0b32e6c19916d57a1f1f6a686c975
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129769/Desktop-Central-Add-Administrator.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/ManageEngine/me_dc9_admin.txt
- www.securityfocus.com71849http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71849
- www.securityfocus.com20141231 [The ManageOwnage Series, part X]: 0-day administrator account creation in Desktop Centralhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534356/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdesktopcentral-cve20147862-sec-bypass(99595)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99595
- www.manageengine.comhttps://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/cve20147862-unauthorized-account-creation.html
- www.rapid7.comhttps://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/manage_engine_dc_create_admin
- seclists.org20150102 [The ManageOwnage Series, part X]: 0-day administrator account creation in Desktop Centralhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/2