CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-11552
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-08-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus before build 6003 because it does not properly enforce user privileges associated with a Certificate dialog. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges on a Windows host. An attacker does not require any privilege on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. One option is the self-service option on the Windows login screen. Upon selecting this option, the thick-client software is launched, which connects to a remote ADSelfService Plus server to facilitate self-service operations. An unauthenticated attacker having physical access to the host could trigger a security alert by supplying a self-signed SSL certificate to the client. The View Certificate option from the security alert allows an attacker to export a displayed certificate to a file. This can further cascade to a dialog that can open Explorer as SYSTEM. By navigating from Explorer to \windows\system32, cmd.exe can be launched as a SYSTEM.
Affected configurations
• zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus (<= 5.8)
• zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus 6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158820/ManageEngine-ADSelfService-Plus-6000-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/4 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/6 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/community/topic/adselfservice-plus-6003-release-faceid-support Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48739 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.manageengine.com Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158820/ManageEngine-ADSelfService-Plus-6000-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/4 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/6 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/community/topic/adselfservice-plus-6003-release-faceid-support Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48739 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.manageengine.com Vendor Advisory