Vulnerability · Published Jul 22, 2020 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2020-10917

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity unsafe deserialization in ESMPRO Manager from NEC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 5.6% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)5.6%top 7.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NEC ESMPRO Manager 6.42. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the RMI service. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-10007.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NEC	ESMPRO Manager	6.42

Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-684/ x_refsource_MISC