Deserialization of Untrusted Data in ManageEngine Applications Manager - CVE-2016-9498
Published: July 13, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36903
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9498
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Zoho Corporation
Affected software:
ManageEngine Applications Manager
ManageEngine Applications Manager
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
ManageEngine Applications Manager 12 and 13 before build 13200, allows unserialization of unsafe Java objects. The vulnerability can be exploited by remote user without authentication and it allows to execute remote code compromising the application as well as the operating system. As Application Manager's RMI registry is running with privileges of system administrator, by exploiting this vulnerability an attacker gains highest privileges on the underlying operating system.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9498
Install update from vendor's website.