CVE-2014-125113

Dell/Quest KACE K1000 Unauthenticated File Upload RCE

State: Published
Severity: 9.3 Critical
Published: Aug 5, 2025
Updated: May 14, 2026
Reserved: Jul 23, 2025

Description

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability exists in Dell (acquired by Quest) KACE K1000 System Management Appliance version 5.0 - 5.3, 5.4 prior to 5.4.76849, and 5.5 prior to 5.5.90547 in the download_agent.php endpoint. An attacker can upload arbitrary PHP files to a temporary web-accessible directory, which are later executed through inclusion in backend code that loads files under attacker-controlled paths.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	9.3 Critical	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Affected Products

Product	Versions
KACE K1000 Systems Management ApplianceDell/Quest	5.0 through 5.3Affected 5.4 to before 5.4.76849Affected 5.5 to before 5.5.90547Affected

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/http/dell_kace_k1000_upload.rbexploit
http://console-cowboys.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-curious-case-of-ninjamonkeypiratela.htmltechnical-descriptionexploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39693exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dell-quest-kace-k1000-unauth-file-upload-rcethird-party-advisory

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