CVE-2020-10189
Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.474 allows remote code execution because of deserialization of untrusted data in…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 99.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Nov 2021
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central File Upload Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Nov 2021.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- ManageEngine Desktop Central Java Deserialization (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/desktopcentral_deserializationRank greatdisclosed 5 Mar 2020
Nuclei templates1 template
- ManageEngine Desktop Central Java Deserialization (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-10189.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB1 entry
- ManageEngine Desktop Central - Java Deserialization (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48224remote, multiplepublished 17 Mar 2020Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.9% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- https://srcincite.io/advisories/src-2020-0011/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoho-zero-day-published-on-twitter/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://srcincite.io/pocs/src-2020-0011.py.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution-vulnerability.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156730/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central-Java-Deserialization.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-10189 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-2650 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2020-10189)Record last updated .