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An authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2021-44757) in ManageEngine Desktop Central

Issued: 
Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
Last Revision: 
Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
Vendor: 
Severity Level: 
Summary: 

The Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP platforms of Zoho ManageEngine are affected by a new security flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-44757. 

 

It is described as an authentication bypass vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to execute unauthorized actions on the affected platform. If exploited, it could allow an attacker to read unauthorized data or write arbitrary data on the server.  

 

This vulnerability has been fixed on January 17, 2022, and the mitigation is available in the latest versions of Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP.

 

CVE/Vulnerability

                          Description 

CVSS3.0 Score

CVE-2021-44757

Authentication bypass vulnerability

n/a

 

 

Table 1: Vulnerability details 

 

CVE/Vulnerability

Affected Product(s)

CVE-2021-44757

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP platforms prior to version10.1.2137.9.

 

 

                                                                                        Table 2: Vulnerable versions                                  

 

 

Recommendation: 

 

Organizations are strongly encouraged to update to the latest build, as well follow ManageEngine security hardening guidelines to secure the Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP installations.