Vulnerability · Published Mar 23, 2020 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2020-8868

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity hard-coded credentials in Foglight Evolve from Quest. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 9.5% (higher than 95% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)9.5%top 4.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Quest Foglight Evolve 9.0.0. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the __service__ user account. The product contains a hard-coded password for this account. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-9553.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Quest	Foglight Evolve	9.0.0

Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-290/ x_refsource_MISC
https://support.quest.com/foglight/kb/315091/fms-5-9-5-hotfix-hfix-314 x_refsource_MISC