What is CVE-2018-16364?

CVE-2018-16364 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Applications Manager, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-16364?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Deserialization in Zohocorp Manageengine Applications Manager

CVE-2018-16364

A serialization vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine Applications Manager before build 13740 allows for remote code execution on Windows via a payload on an SMB share.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published 2018-09-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.179 (97.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.179 · newest: 0.179 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zohocorp Manageengine Applications Manager — versions 13.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

blog.jamesotten.com/post/applications-manager-rce/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16364?: CVE-2018-16364 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Applications Manager, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-16364?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.