CVE-2014-5428 is an unrestricted file upload vulnerability affecting various Johnson Controls Metasys products, including ADS, ADX, LCS8520, NAE, NIE, and NxE8500 versions 4.1 through 6.5. This critical vulnerability has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating it can be exploited remotely without authentication and allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability through arbitrary code execution via shell script uploads. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has received some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:johnsoncontrols:metsys:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:johnsoncontrols:metsys:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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.