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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-16087

An attacker can run arbitrary commands on a remote Windows machine running the Zalo client by sending the user of the device a crafted file.

HIGH 8.6EPSS 1.28%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in Zalo.exe in VNG Zalo Desktop 19.8.1.0. An attacker can run arbitrary commands on a remote Windows machine running the Zalo client by sending the user of the device a crafted file.

CVSS 3.1
8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.28% probability · 68th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-74
Affected
vng/zalo desktop
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.