CVE-2018-13412 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self Service Portal of Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central, affecting versions prior to 10.0.282 (on-premise) and agents before 10.0.470 (cloud). An attacker can exploit a clickable company logo within a SYSTEM-privileged window to elevate their privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.0.282CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_desktop_central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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 records are not available for this CVE.