CVE-2020-8838

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-8838
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-23 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-07 14:14:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine AssetExplorer 6.5. During an upgrade of the Windows agent, it does not validate the source and binary downloaded. This allows an attacker on an adjacent network to execute code with NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privileges on the agent machines by providing an arbitrary executable via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-354

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Zohocorp Manageengine Assetexplorer 6.5 All All All
Application Zohocorp Manageengine Assetexplorer 6.5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
AssetExplorer ITAM Solution ServicePacks Readme CONFIRM www.manageengine.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
ManageEngine Asset Explorer Windows Agent Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Full Disclosure: Asset Explorer Windows Agent - Remote Code Execution FULLDISC seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 372459 Zoho ManageEngine AssetExplorer Remote code execution vulnerability
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