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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.