CVE-2016-9489 ManageEngine Applications Manager 12 and 13 is vulnerable to privilege escalation and authentication bypass
An authenticated user can escalate privileges to admin or modify other users' passwords by altering their own or others' properties.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9489?
CVE-2016-9489 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Applications Manager, published on 13 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In ManageEngine Applications Manager 12 and 13 before build 13200, an authenticated user is able to alter all of their own properties, including own group, i.e. changing their group to one with higher privileges like "ADMIN". A user is also able to change properties of another user, e.g. change another user's password.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9489?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zohocorp Manageengine Applications Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9489?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9489 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-9489 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9489 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Zohocorp Manageengine Applications Manager
- CVE-2020-24743 Privilege escalation in n/a
- CVE-2020-27995 SQL injection in n/a
- CVE-2020-15533 SQL injection in n/a
- CVE-2020-15394 SQL injection in n/a
- CVE-2019-19649 SQL injection in n/a
All Zohocorp Manageengine Applications Manager vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-76xw-q73v-w245.