# CVE-2019-12876: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Attackers can escalate privileges to System due to insecure permissions in ManageEngine ADManager Plus, ADSelfService Plus, and DesktopCentral.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-38rv-3hxq-v5g9

## What is CVE-2019-12876?

CVE-2019-12876 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Admanager Plus, published on 17 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Zoho ManageEngine ADManager Plus 6.6.5, ADSelfService Plus 5.7, and DesktopCentral 10.0.380 have Insecure Permissions, leading to Privilege Escalation from low level privileges to System.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12876?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Zohocorp Manageengine Admanager Plus, Zohocorp Manageengine Adselfservice Plus, Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-12876?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12876 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-12876 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12876 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zohocorp Manageengine Admanager Plus

- [CVE-2021-42002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42002/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-37762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37762/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-37918](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37918/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-37919](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37919/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-37920](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37920/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-12876 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-12876 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Admanager Plus, published on 17 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12876 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zohocorp Manageengine Admanager Plus. 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-2019-12876/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12876/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12876
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12876
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12876

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12876/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.