Micro Focus Enterprise Developer/Enterprise Server up to 4.0 Patch Update 15/5.0 Patch Update 5 insufficiently protected credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server up to 4.0 Patch Update 15/5.0 Patch Update 5. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-9523. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server up to 4.0 Patch Update 15/5.0 Patch Update 5. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 04/17/2020. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-9523 since 03/01/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch 4.0 Patch Update 16/5.0 Patch Update 6 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Insufficiently protected credentials
CWE: CWE-522
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Patch: 4.0 Patch Update 16/5.0 Patch Update 6

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03/01/2020 🔍
04/17/2020 +47 days 🔍
04/18/2020 +1 days 🔍
06/01/2024 +1505 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microfocus.com

Advisory: softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-9523 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9523
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-154098

Entryinfo

Created: 04/18/2020 09:21
Updated: 06/01/2024 07:08
Changes: 04/18/2020 09:21 (36), 04/18/2020 09:26 (17), 06/01/2024 07:08 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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