What is CVE-2020-10189?

CVE-2020-10189 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-10189?

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

Is CVE-2020-10189 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2020-10189 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 55 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Vulnerability in N/a

CVE-2020-10189

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.

EPSS: 0.942 (99.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2021-11-03. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-05-03.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

srcincite.io/advisories/src-2020-0011/ (x_refsource_MISC)
www.zdnet.com/article/zoho-zero-day-published-on-twitter/ (x_refsource_MISC)
srcincite.io/pocs/src-2020-0011.py.txt (x_refsource_MISC)
www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution-vulnerabili… (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156730/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central-Java-Deserial… (x_refsource_MISC)
cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10189?: CVE-2020-10189 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-10189?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10189 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2020-10189 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 55 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.