CVE-2021-46165 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2021-46165?

CVE-2021-46165 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.662, during startup, launches an executable file from the batch files, but this file's path might not be properly defined.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-46165?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central.

How do I fix CVE-2021-46165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-46165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2021-46165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-46165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2021-44515 Zoho Desktop Central Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-10189 Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central File Upload Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7213 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2014-9371 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-15588 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7923-fmfv-3jrf.