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CVE-2021-46164: Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.662 allows remote code execution by an authenticated user who has complete access to the Repor

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 37/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 7.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 94.2% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.662 allows remote code execution by an authenticated user who has complete access to the Reports module.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jan 10, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
7.1% · 94th percentile
CWE
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Action score

37

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 7.1%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
zohocorpmanageengine desktop central

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • zohocorp manageengine desktop centralbefore 10.0.662

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-44515Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central is vulnerable to authentication bypass, leading to remote code execution on the server, as exploited in thKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2020-10189Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.474 allows remote code execution because of deserialization of untrusted data in getChartImageKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2013-7390Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in AgentLogUploadServlet in ManageEngine DesktopCentral 7.x and 8.0.0 before build 80293 allows remot
    61This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-9367Mar 18, 2021 · The MPS Agent in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central MSP build MSP build 10.0.486 is vulnerable to DLL Hijacking: dcinventory.exe and dcconfig
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-37414Sep 10, 2021 · Zoho ManageEngine DesktopCentral before 10.0.709 allows anyone to get a valid user's APIKEY without authentication.
    32Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2021-46165Jan 10, 2022 · Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.662, during startup, launches an executable file from the batch files, but this file's path mi
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

  • CVE-2021-4451529 days apartZoho ManageEngine Desktop Central is vulnerable to authentication bypass, leading to remote code execution on the server, as exploited in thKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2021-447578 days apartZoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.1.2137.9 and Desktop Central MSP before 10.1.2137.9 allow attackers to bypass authentication, an
    43Plan
  • CVE-2021-37414122 days apartZoho ManageEngine DesktopCentral before 10.0.709 allows anyone to get a valid user's APIKEY without authentication.
    32Monitor

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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