A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Micro Focus Content Manager 9.1/9.2/9.3. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Web Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An unauthenticated file upload vulnerability has been identified in the Web Client component of Micro Focus Content Manager 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3 when configured to use the ADFS authentication method. The vulnerability could be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload content to arbitrary locations on the Content Manager server.

The bug was discovered 03/17/2019. The weakness was published 04/01/2019. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-3489 since 12/31/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1608.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 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.

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• 9.1
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