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CVE-2020-10189

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.474 allows remote code execution because of deserialization of untrusted data in getChartImage in the...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
March 06, 2020
Published Date
March 06, 2020
Last Updated
October 21, 2025
Vendor
Zoho
Product
ManageEngine Desktop Central
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.
Tags
cisa nuclei_scanner metasploit

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.0

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

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

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/desktopcentral_deserialization.rb 2025-04-28 15:02:51 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-10189.yaml 2025-04-25 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

desktopcentral_deserialization

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2020-10189

zavke/CVE-2020-10189-ManageEngine

Type: github • Created: 2020-11-12 02:36:09 UTC • Stars: 2

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit