High severity · published Jun 18, 2019
CVE-2019-12133
Multiple Zoho ManageEngine products suffer from local privilege escalation due to improper permissions for the %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ManageEngine directory and its sub-folders
7.8
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple Zoho ManageEngine products suffer from local privilege escalation due to improper permissions for the %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ManageEngine directory and its sub-folders. Moreover, the services associated with said products try to execute binaries such as sc.exe from the current directory upon system start. This will effectively allow non-privileged users to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This affects Desktop Central 10.0.380, EventLog Analyzer 12.0.2, ServiceDesk Plus 10.0.0, SupportCenter Plus 8.1, O365 Manager Plus 4.0, Mobile Device Manager Plus 9.0.0, Patch Connect Plus 9.0.0, Vulnerability Manager Plus 9.0.0, Patch Manager Plus 9.0.0, OpManager 12.3, NetFlow Analyzer 11.0, OpUtils 11.0, Network Configuration Manager 11.0, FireWall 12.0, Key Manager Plus 5.6, Password Manager Pro 9.9, Analytics Plus 1.0, and Browser Security Plus.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Manageengine Analytics Plus · Zohocorp
1.0 · source: NVD
MB
Manageengine Browser Security Plus · Zohocorp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
MD
Manageengine Desktop Central · Zohocorp
10.0.380 · source: NVD
ME
Manageengine Eventlog Analyzer · Zohocorp
12.0.2 · source: NVD
MF
Manageengine Firewall · Zohocorp
12.0 · source: NVD
MK
Manageengine Key Manager Plus · Zohocorp
5.6 · source: NVD
MM
Manageengine Mobile Device Manager Plus · Zohocorp
9.0.0 · source: NVD
MN
Manageengine Netflow Analyzer · Zohocorp
11.0 · source: NVD
MN
Manageengine Network Configuration Manager · Zohocorp
11.0 · source: NVD
MO
Manageengine O365 Manager Plus · Zohocorp
4.0 · source: NVD
MO
Manageengine Opmanager · Zohocorp
12.3 · source: NVD
MO
Manageengine Oputils · Zohocorp
11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12133
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12133
github.com
https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2019/ACTIVE-2019-007.md
Vendor Advisory
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability.html
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