Is CVE-2020-8838 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-8838 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-8838?

CVE-2020-8838 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-8838?

CVE-2020-8838 has an EPSS score of 1.56% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2020-8838?

No published fix for CVE-2020-8838 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-8838

MEDIUMEPSS 72th pctl

6.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine AssetExplorer 6.5. During an upgrade of the Windows agent, it does not validate the source and binary downloaded. This allows an attacker on an adjacent network to execute code with NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privileges on the agent machines by providing an arbitrary executable via a man-in-the-middle attack.

CWE-354

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.56%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Vendor Advisory1

manageengine.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-354 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-48795	Medium	5.9	93%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-1166	Medium	5.9	62%	-	-
CVE-2024-3596	Critical	9.0	15%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-26141	Medium	6.5	3.1%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-25862	High	7.5	2.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-1163	Medium	5.5	1.5%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.