Description
An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine AssetExplorer 6.5. During an upgrade of the Windows agent, it does not validate the source and binary downloaded. This allows an attacker on an adjacent network to execute code with NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privileges on the agent machines by providing an arbitrary executable via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Published: 2020-03-23
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-29681 An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine AssetExplorer 6.5. During an upgrade of the Windows agent, it does not validate the source and binary downloaded. This allows an attacker on an adjacent network to execute code with NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privileges on the agent machines by providing an arbitrary executable via a man-in-the-middle attack.
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Zohocorp Manageengine Assetexplorer
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:12:10.919Z

Reserved: 2020-02-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8838

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-23T17:15:15.427

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:39:32.317

Link: CVE-2020-8838

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