# CVE-2018-13412: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Attackers can escalate privileges by abusing a clickable company logo in the Self Service Portal running as SYSTEM.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Sep 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jcxw-q3cp-p5r4

## What is CVE-2018-13412?

CVE-2018-13412 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in the Self Service Portal in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.282. A clickable company logo in a window running as SYSTEM can be abused to escalate privileges. In cloud, the issue is fixed in 10.0.470 agent version.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13412?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-13412?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-13412 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13412 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2021-44515](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44515/): Zoho Desktop Central Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-10189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10189/): Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central File Upload (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-7213](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7213/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-9371](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9371/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-15588](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15588/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-13412 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-13412 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13412 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13412/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13412/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13412
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13412
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13412

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13412/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.