# CVE-2018-12999: Incorrect Access Control in AgentTrayIconServlet in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.255 allows attackers to delete certain files on t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-06-29 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Incorrect Access Control in AgentTrayIconServlet in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.255 allows attackers to delete certain files on the web server without login by sending a specially crafted request to the server with a computerName=../ substring to the /agenttrayicon URI.

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## Related

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## References

- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148635/Zoho-ManageEngine-13-13790-build-XSS-File-Read-File-Deletion.html
- https://github.com/unh3x/just4cve/issues/9
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/74
- http://www.cnnvd.org.cn/web/xxk/ldxqById.tag?CNNVD=CNNVD-201807-035

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