CVE-2014-125124

published 2025-07-31

CVE-2014-125124: An unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability exists in Pandora FMS versions up to and including 5.0RC1 via the Anyterm web interface, which…

Priority P1 81 critical 10 CVSS 4.0

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EXPLOIT

An unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability exists in Pandora FMS versions up to and including 5.0RC1 via the Anyterm web interface, which listens on TCP port 8023. The anyterm-module endpoint accepts unsanitized user input via the p parameter and directly injects it into a shell command, allowing arbitrary command execution as the pandora user. In certain versions (notably 4.1 and 5.0RC1), the pandora user can elevate privileges to root without a password using a chain involving the artica user account. This account is typically installed without a password and is configured to run sudo without authentication. Therefore, full system compromise is possible without any credentials.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
artica_st	pandora_fms	<= 5.0RC1	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

port 8023/TCP↗

url /anyterm-module↗

other p↗

• → Monitor for unauthenticated HTTP requests to the /anyterm-module endpoint on port 8023/TCP, particularly those with shell metacharacters or command injection payloads in the 'p' parameter. ↗
• → Alert on process execution chains where the 'pandora' user spawns a shell or executes 'su artica', followed by 'sudo' commands — indicative of the privilege escalation chain to root. ↗
• → Detect inbound connections to TCP port 8023 from external/untrusted sources on Pandora FMS hosts, as this port exposes the vulnerable Anyterm service. ↗

• · The vulnerability affects all Pandora FMS versions up to and including 5.0RC1; detections should be scoped accordingly and not assumed to apply to patched/later releases. ↗

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