Integer overflow in Manage Engine Asset Explorer Agent
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Due to Manage Engine Asset Explorer Agent 1.0.34 not validating HTTPS certificates, an attacker on the network can statically configure their IP address to match the Asset Explorer's Server IP address. This will allow an attacker to send a NEWSCAN request to a listening agent on the network as well as receive the agent's HTTP request verifying its authtoken. In httphandler.cpp, the agent reaching out over HTTP is vulnerable to an Integer Overflow, which can be turned into a Heap Overflow allowing for remote code execution as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM on the agent machine. The Integer Overflow occurs when receiving POST response from the Manage Engine server, and the agent calling "HttpQueryInfoW" in order to get the "Content-Length" size from the incoming POST request. This size is taken, but multiplied to a larger amount. If an attacker specifies a Content-Length size of 1073741823 or larger, this integer arithmetic will wrap the value back around to smaller integer, then calls "calloc" with this size to allocate memory. The following API "InternetReadFile" will copy the POST data into this buffer, which will be too small for the contents, and cause heap overflow.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Manage Engine Asset Explorer Agent | 1.0.34 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Manage Engine Asset Explorer Agent Vendor— Affected 1.0.34 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-20110
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jj4p-9287-5h8h
References
More Zohocorp Manageengine Assetexplorer vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-23765 Multiple Zoho ManageEngine on-premise products, such as ServiceDesk Plus through 14003… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-11733 Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus through 14104, Asset Explorer through 6987… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-09733 Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) exists in Zoho ManageEngine AssetExplorer version… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2019-10915 Zoho ManageEngine AssetExplorer 6.2.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2019-09702 Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) exists in Zoho ManageEngine AssetExplorer 6.2.0 and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-15979 Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus before 13008, ServiceDesk Plus MSP before 10606, and… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2021-20110 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-20110 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jj4p-9287-5h8h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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