What is CVE-2018-5342?

CVE-2018-5342 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-5342?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central

CVE-2018-5342

An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.124 and 10.0.184: network services (Desktop Central and PostgreSQL) running with a superuser account.

Published 2018-04-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.037 (89.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.037 · newest: 0.037 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central — versions 10.0.124, 10.0.184

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-… (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5342?: CVE-2018-5342 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-5342?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.