CVE-2020-10189

critical

Description

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.

References

https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoho-zero-day-published-on-twitter/

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html

https://media.defense.gov/2020/Oct/20/2002519884/-1/-1/0/CSA_CHINESE_EXPLOIT_VULNERABILITIES_UOO179811.PDF

https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/apt41-initiates-global-intrusion-campaign-using-multiple-exploits

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/03/apt41-initiates-global-intrusion-campaign-using-multiple-exploits.html

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2022-47523-manageengine-password-manager-pro-pam360-and-access-manager-plus-sql-injection

https://www.tenable.com/blog/government-agencies-warn-of-state-sponsored-actors-exploiting-publicly-known-vulnerabilities

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-10189-deserialization-vulnerability-in-zoho-manageengine-desktop-central-10-patched

https://github.com/chengbochuan3/CVE-Enterprise-Software

https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution-vulnerability.html

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-10189

https://srcincite.io/pocs/src-2020-0011.py.txt

https://srcincite.io/advisories/src-2020-0011/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-2650

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156730/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central-Java-Deserialization.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-03-06

Updated: 2026-06-17

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H