Micro Focus Operation Agent up to 12.10 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Micro Focus Operation Agent up to 12.10. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-11861. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Micro Focus Operation Agent up to 12.10 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unauthorized escalation of local privileges vulnerability on Micro Focus Operation Agent, affecting all versions prior to versions 12.11. The vulnerability could be exploited to escalate the local privileges and gain root access on the system.

The weakness was presented 09/18/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-11861 since 04/16/2020. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 12.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Operation Agent 12.11

Timelineinfo

04/16/2020 🔍
09/18/2020 +155 days 🔍
09/19/2020 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microfocus.com

Advisory: softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-11861 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-11861
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161608

Entryinfo

Created: 09/19/2020 11:12
Updated: 09/19/2020 11:17
Changes: 09/19/2020 11:12 (38), 09/19/2020 11:17 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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