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Vulnerability record

CVE-2020-10189

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central File Upload Vulnerability

CriticalExploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run ManageEngine, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.474 allows remote code execution because of deserialization of untrusted data in getChartImage in the FileStorage class. This is related to the CewolfServlet and MDMLogUploaderServlet servlets.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

ProductVendorSource
ManageEngineZohoKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2020-10189 scored CVSS 9.8: Zoho ManageEngine, Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central File Upload Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched ManageEngine systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References

  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10189
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156730/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central-Java-Deserialization.html
  • cwe.mitre.org https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html
  • srcincite.io https://srcincite.io/advisories/src-2020-0011/
  • srcincite.io https://srcincite.io/pocs/src-2020-0011.py.txt
  • manageengine.com https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution-vulnerability.html
  • zdnet.com https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoho-zero-day-published-on-twitter/
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-10189