CVE-2014-2044
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 12.4% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-2096)
- Published
- October 6, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2096 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- owncloud / owncloud
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
- owncloud / owncloud server
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125585/ownCloud-4.0.x-4.5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/45
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57267
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32162(Exploit)
- http://www.osvdb.org/104082
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531365/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66000
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91757
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2044/(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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