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CVE-2020-10189: Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central File Upload Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03
• EPSS: 99.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

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.

Affected products

• ManageEngine Desktop Central: before 10.0.479 — fixed in 10.0.479

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.479. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156730/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central-Java-Deserialization.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html
• https://srcincite.io/advisories/src-2020-0011/
• https://srcincite.io/pocs/src-2020-0011.py.txt
• https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution-vulnerability.html
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoho-zero-day-published-on-twitter/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156730/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central-Java-Deserialization.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html
• https://srcincite.io/advisories/src-2020-0011/
• https://srcincite.io/pocs/src-2020-0011.py.txt
• https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution-vulnerability.html
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoho-zero-day-published-on-twitter/

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