VDB-113707 · CVE-2018-6488 · GCVE-0-2018-6488

Micro Focus Universal CMDB 4.10/4.11/4.12 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Micro Focus Universal CMDB 4.10/4.11/4.12. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-6488. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Micro Focus Universal CMDB 4.10/4.11/4.12. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability in Micro Focus Universal CMDB, version 4.10, 4.11, 4.12. This vulnerability could be remotely exploited to allow Arbitrary Code Execution.

The bug was discovered 02/21/2018. The weakness was disclosed 02/22/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-6488 since 02/01/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Micro Focus

Name

Universal CMDB

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microfocus.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CNA Base Score: 8.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/01/2018 🔍
02/21/2018 +20 days 🔍
02/22/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/22/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/23/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/08/2023 +1811 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microfocus.com

Advisory: softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-6488 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6488
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113707

Entryinfo

Created: 02/23/2018 07:50
Updated: 02/08/2023 17:42
Changes: 02/23/2018 07:50 (55), 01/07/2020 20:43 (2), 02/04/2021 15:34 (2), 02/08/2023 17:42 (12)
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