CVE-2014-2044

high
Published 2014-10-06 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.5

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in ajax/upload.php in ownCloud before 5.0, when running on Windows, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, upload files with arbitrary names, and execute arbitrary code via an Alternate Data Stream (ADS) syntax in the filename parameter, as demonstrated using .htaccess::$DATA to upload a PHP program.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-32162 webapps multiple verified
Portcullis ยท 2014-03-10

ownCloud 4.0.x/4.5.x - 'upload.php?Filename' Remote Code Execution

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
owncloudowncloud{"endIncluding":"4.5.13"}
owncloudowncloud_server3.0.0
owncloudowncloud_server3.0.1
owncloudowncloud_server3.0.2
owncloudowncloud_server3.0.3
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.0
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.1
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.2
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.3
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.4
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.5
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.6
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.7
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.8
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.9
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.10
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.11
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.12
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.13
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.14
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.15
owncloudowncloud_server4.0.16
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.0
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.1
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.2
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.3
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.4
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.5
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.6
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.7
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.8
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.9
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.10
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.11
owncloudowncloud_server4.5.12

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.