CVE-2014-2959 — logViewer.htm on the Dell ML6000 tape backup system with firmware before i8.2.0.2 (641G.GS103) and the Quantum Scalar i500 tape backup system with firmware before i8.2.2.1 (646G.GS002) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a pathname parameter

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HIGH

logViewer.htm on the Dell ML6000 tape backup system with firmware before i8.2.0.2 (641G.GS103) and the Quantum Scalar i500 tape backup system with firmware before i8.2.2.1 (646G.GS002) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a pathname parameter

Published Jun 2, 2014

9.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.96%

Description

logViewer.htm on the Dell ML6000 tape backup system with firmware before i8.2.0.2 (641G.GS103) and the Quantum Scalar i500 tape backup system with firmware before i8.2.2.1 (646G.GS002) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a pathname parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.96% 0.02959

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02959

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.96% (0.02959)	86.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.96% (0.02959)	85.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.90% (0.00903)	74.09th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.44% (0.00438)	75.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.44% (0.00438)	74.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 17, 2023	0.44% (0.00438)	71.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2023	0.47% (0.00474)	72.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.61% (0.00609)	75.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-78

OS Command Injection

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/59019
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/124908
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67751
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/59019		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/124908		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67751		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner certcc

Published Jun 2, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Apr 21, 2014

Link CVE-2014-2959

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-2959

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-2959