Security restrictions bypass in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central - CVE-2018-12999
Published: July 16, 2018 / Updated: October 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14061
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12999
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in gentTrayIconServlet in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request to the server with a computerName=../ substring to the /agenttrayicon URI, bypass security restrictions and delete certain files on the web server without login.
Affected software
Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12999
Update to version 10.0.288.
Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central - update to 10.0.288