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CVE-2020-15588

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

An issue was discovered in the client side of Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.552.W. An attacker-controlled server can trigger an integer overflow in InternetSendRequestEx and InternetSendRequestByBitrate that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow and Remote Code Execution with SYSTEM privileges. This issue will occur only when untrusted communication is initiated with server. In cloud, Agent will always connect with trusted communication.

Affected products

• ManageEngine Desktop Central: before 10.0.561 — fixed in 10.0.561

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.561. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/integer-overflow-vulnerability.html
• https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/integer-overflow-vulnerability.html

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