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CVE-2020-10189

99
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-10189 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central versions prior to 10.0.474. It stems from insecure deserialization of untrusted data within the getChartImage function of the FileStorage class, specifically impacting the CewolfServlet and MDMLogUploaderServlet servlets. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, with publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit and Nuclei, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including mentions in reports on Chinese state-sponsored hacking.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.0.479CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_desktop_central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Metasploit: ManageEngine Desktop Central Java Deserialization · Mar 5, 2020
Nuclei: CVE-2020-10189 · Apr 16, 2024
ExploitDB: EDB-48224 · Mar 17, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9994 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/156730/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central-Java-Deserialization.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cwe.mitre.org / data/definitions/502.html
Third Party Advisory
srcincite.io / advisories/src-2020-0011
ExploitThird Party Advisory
srcincite.io / pocs/src-2020-0011.py.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
manageengine.com / products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution-vulnerability.html
Vendor Advisory
zdnet.com / article/zoho-zero-day-published-on-twitter
Third Party Advisory