Critical severity · published Jul 16, 2018
CVE-2018-11717
An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 100251
9.8
CVSS
8.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 100251. By leveraging access to a log file, a context-dependent attacker can obtain (depending on the modules configured) the Base64 encoded Password/Username of AD accounts, the cleartext Password/Username and mail settings of the EAS account (an AD account used to send mail), the cleartext password of recovery_password of Android devices, the cleartext password of account "set", the location of devices enrolled in the platform (with UUID and information related to the name of the person at the location), critical information about all enrolled devices such as Serial Number, UUID, Model, Name, and auth_session_token (usable to spoof a terminal identity on the platform), etc.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.6% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MD
Manageengine Desktop Central · Zohocorp
before 100251 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11717
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11717
Exploit
https://blog.netxp.fr/manageengine-deep-exploitation/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/vulnerability-in-log-files.html
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