CVE-2020-8838
Published Mar 23, 2020
Last updated 2 years ago
Overview
- Description
- An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine AssetExplorer 6.5. During an upgrade of the Windows agent, it does not validate the source and binary downloaded. This allows an attacker on an adjacent network to execute code with NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privileges on the agent machines by providing an arbitrary executable via a man-in-the-middle attack.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.4
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 0.5
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.9
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 4.4
- Vector string
- AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-354
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_assetexplorer:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "F0AC4060-7047-4315-BB45-FEC5A8FF495F"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]