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CVE-2019-12133

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12133 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting numerous Zoho ManageEngine products, including Desktop Central, EventLog Analyzer, and ServiceDesk Plus. It stems from improper permissions on the %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ManageEngine directory, allowing non-privileged users to replace executables like sc.exe that are called by services at system startup. Rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), this vulnerability allows an attacker with local access to achieve NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_analytics_plus:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_browser_security_plus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.380CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_desktop_central:10.0.380:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_eventlog_analyzer:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_firewall:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2019/ACTIVE-2019-007.md
manageengine.com / products/desktop-central/elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability.html
Vendor Advisory