CVE-2019-12876
Zoho ManageEngine ADManager Plus 6.6.5, ADSelfService Plus 5.7, and DesktopCentral 10.0.380 have Insecure Permissions, leading to Privilege Escalation from low level privileges to System.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Zoho ManageEngine ADManager Plus 6.6.5, ADSelfService Plus 5.7, and DesktopCentral 10.0.380 have Insecure Permissions, leading to Privilege Escalation from low level privileges to System.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.61% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- zohocorp/manageengine admanager plus · zohocorp/manageengine adselfservice plus · zohocorp/manageengine desktop central
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 6.1% on 21 September 2026 to 4.6% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.criticalstart.com/2019/07/manageengine-privilege-escalation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.criticalstart.com/2019/07/manageengine-privilege-escalation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.