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CVE-2014-5470

Actual Analyzer through 2014-08-29 allows code execution via shell metacharacters because untrusted input is used for part of the input data passed to an eval operation.

EXPLOIT ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 10.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Actual Analyzer through 2014-08-29 allows code execution via shell metacharacters because untrusted input is used for part of the input data passed to an eval operation.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
10.01% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 December 2014
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-77
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%3 November 2026: 10.01%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 10.0% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-35549source ↗ActualAnalyzer - 'ant' Cookie Command Execution (Metasploit)unix · Metasploitremote16 December 2014yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.