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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-24397

An attacker-controlled server can trigger an integer overflow in InternetSendRequestEx and InternetSendRequestByBitrate that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow and Remote Code Execution with SYSTEM privileges.

HIGH 7.2EPSS 15.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An issue was discovered in the client side of Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.0.SP-534. An attacker-controlled server can trigger an integer overflow in InternetSendRequestEx and InternetSendRequestByBitrate that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow and Remote Code Execution with SYSTEM privileges.

CVSS 3.1
7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
15.42% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190, CWE-787
Affected
zohocorp/manageengine desktop central
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%10%20%22 September 2026: 15.42%3 November 2026: 15.42%22 September 20263 November 2026

EPSS moved from 15.4% on 22 September 2026 to 15.4% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.