CVE-2020-10189
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.999 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUSadded 2021-11-03remediate by 2022-05-03
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central File Upload Vulnerability
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.8–10
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-48224ManageEngine Desktop Central - Java Deserialization (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- zavke/CVE-2020-10189-ManageEnginezavke/CVE-2020-10189-ManageEnginePoC · poc_in_github
affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- zohocorp manageengine desktop central< 10.0.479nvdUScpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_desktop_central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (21)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10189cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156730/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central-Java-Deserialization.htmlcnnvd
- https://srcincite.io/advisories/src-2020-0011/cnnvd
- https://srcincite.io/pocs/src-2020-0011.py.txtcnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48224cnnvd
- https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution-vulnerability.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoho-zero-day-published-on-twitter/cnnvd
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