What is CVE-2015-2560?

CVE-2015-2560 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2015-2560?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central

CVE-2015-2560

Manage Engine Desktop Central 9 before build 90135 allows remote attackers to change passwords of users with the Administrator role via an addOrModifyUser operation to servlets/DCOperationsServlet.

Published 2017-08-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.152 (96.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.152 · newest: 0.152 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central — versions 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/unauthorized-admin-credential-mod… (Vendor Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/131062/Manage-Engine-Desktop-Central-9-Unauthoriz… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535004/100/1400/threaded (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/73380 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-2560?: CVE-2015-2560 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2015-2560?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.