CVE-2018-5342 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central versions 10.0.124 and 10.0.184, where network services (Desktop Central and PostgreSQL) run with superuser privileges. This allows an authenticated attacker (PR:H) to achieve full compromise (C:H/I:H/A:H) with low attack complexity (AC:L) over the network (AV:N), resulting in a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0.124CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_desktop_central:10.0.124:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.184CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_desktop_central:10.0.184:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.