Vulnerability · Published Apr 17, 2020 · Assigned by microfocus

CVE-2020-9523

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Enterprise developer and server.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability on Micro Focus enterprise developer and enterprise server, affecting all version prior to 4.0 Patch Update 16, and version 5.0 Patch Update 6. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to transmit hashed credentials for the user account running the Micro Focus Directory Server (MFDS) to an arbitrary site, compromising that account's security.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Enterprise developer and server. All version prior to version 4.0 Patch Update 16, and version 5.0 Patch Update 6.

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