CVE-2014-4509 — The MKDQUOTESAFE function in the Fan-out driver scripts in Fan-Out Platform Services in Novell Identity Manager (aka IDM) 4.0.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging eDirectory POSIX attribute changes to insert shell metacharacters

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The MKDQUOTESAFE function in the Fan-out driver scripts in Fan-Out Platform Services in Novell Identity Manager (aka IDM) 4.0.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging eDirectory POSIX attribute changes to insert shell metacharacters

Published Jun 21, 2014

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.38%

Description

The MKDQUOTESAFE function in the Fan-out driver scripts in Fan-Out Platform Services in Novell Identity Manager (aka IDM) 4.0.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging eDirectory POSIX attribute changes to insert shell metacharacters.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.38% 0.00376

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00376

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.38% (0.00376)	29.24th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.38% (0.00376)	29.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00048)	11.96th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=5XLmBl54_Rg~
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68139
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=5XLmBl54_Rg~		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68139		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 21, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 20, 2014

Link CVE-2014-4509

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4509

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-4509