CVE-2020-8838

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Mar 23, 2020
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Feb 10, 2020

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://www.manageengine.com/products/asset-explorer/sp-readme.html
20200508 Asset Explorer Windows Agent - Remote Code Executionmailing-list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157612/ManageEngine-Asset-Explorer-Windows-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.html

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