CVE-2020-10189

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 100.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-03-06 16:05Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:35Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2020-03-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6aa0021af5f50cc7d04636df184673178936f9ab1a4b71e8bbac7ee3e74eaf01

• srcincite.iohttps://srcincite.io/advisories/src-2020-0011/x_refsource_MISC
• www.zdnet.comhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/zoho-zero-day-published-on-twitter/x_refsource_MISC
• srcincite.iohttps://srcincite.io/pocs/src-2020-0011.py.txtx_refsource_MISC
• www.manageengine.comhttps://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-code-execution-vulnerability.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156730/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central-Java-Deserialization.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• cwe.mitre.orghttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-10189government-resource