A vulnerability was found in Micro Focus Fortify Software Security Center 17.10/17.20/18.10. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A potential Remote Unauthorized Access in Micro Focus Fortify Software Security Center (SSC), versions 17.10, 17.20, 18.10 this exploitation could allow Remote Unauthorized Access

The bug was discovered 12/12/2018. The weakness was shared 12/13/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-7690 since 03/05/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (45989). The entry 127980 is related to this item.

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• Micro Focus

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• Fortify Software Security Center

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• 17.10
• 17.20
• 18.10

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• commercial

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