CVE-2014-7285

Exp

The management console on the Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliance before 5.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands by injecting command strings into unspecified PHP scripts.

Published: 2014-12-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-7285 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 50.32%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-7285

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36263 exploit_db edb 2015-03-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7285

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 74.02% 50.32% -23.70%
2 2025-11-01 70.63% 74.02% +3.40%
3 2025-03-30 70.63%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7285

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-7285

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7285

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec web_gateway <= 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7285

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