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CVE-2014-6261

38
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-6261 is a critical vulnerability affecting Zenoss Core through version 5 Beta 3, stemming from improper implementation of the "Check For Updates" feature. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by either spoofing the callhome server or deploying a malicious website visited during a login session. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:*:beta_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zenoss:zenoss_core:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1968 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.google.com / spreadsheets/d/1dHAc4PxUbs-4Dxzm1wSCE0sMz5UCMY6SW3PlMHSyuuQ/edit
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/449452
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource