Vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central

CVE-2018-13412

An issue was discovered in the Self Service Portal in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.282. A clickable company logo in a window running as SYSTEM can be abused to escalate privileges. In cloud, the issue is fixed in 10.0.470 agent version.

EPSS: 0.005 (39.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13412?
CVE-2018-13412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-13412?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-13412 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.