Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-4509

RCE

Title: Netiq Identity Manager RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-4509.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 21, 2014

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-4509: The MKDQUOTESAFE function in the Fan-out driver scripts in Fan-Out Platform Services in Novell Identity Manager (aka IDM) 4.0.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging eDirectory POSIX attribute changes to insert shell metacharacters.

Impacted Vendors

netiq 1

novell 1

ca 1

Reference Links

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=5XLmBl54_Rg~ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68139 http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=5XLmBl54_Rg~ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68139

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-4509 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 21, 2014 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.