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CVE-2020-11552
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2020-08-11 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-269
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus before build 6003 because it does not properly enforce user privileges associated with a Certificate dialog. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges on a Windows host. An attacker does not require any privilege on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. One option is the self-service option on the Windows login screen. Upon selecting this option, the thick-client software is launched, which connects to a remote ADSelfService Plus server to facilitate self-service operations. An unauthenticated attacker having physical access to the host could trigger a security alert by supplying a self-signed SSL certificate to the client. The View Certificate option from the security alert allows an attacker to export a displayed certificate to a file. This can further cascade to a dialog that can open Explorer as SYSTEM. By navigating from Explorer to \windows\system32, cmd.exe can be launched as a SYSTEM.
Affected products
- ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus: through 5.8; 6.0, 6.0-6000, 6.0-6001, 6.0-6002
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158820/ManageEngine-ADSelfService-Plus-6000-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/4
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/6
- https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/community/topic/adselfservice-plus-6003-release-faceid-support
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48739
- https://www.manageengine.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158820/ManageEngine-ADSelfService-Plus-6000-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/4
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/6
- https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/community/topic/adselfservice-plus-6003-release-faceid-support
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48739
- https://www.manageengine.com
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