Micro Focus ZENworks up to 2020 Update 3a Managed Device privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Micro Focus ZENworks up to 2020 Update 3a. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Managed Device Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-38757. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Micro Focus ZENworks up to 2020 Update 3a. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Managed Device Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus ZENworks 2020 Update 3a and prior versions. This vulnerability allows administrators with rights to perform actions (e.g., install a bundle) on a set of managed devices, to be able to exercise these rights on managed devices in the ZENworks zone but which are outside the scope of the administrator. This vulnerability does not result in the administrators gaining additional rights on the managed devices, either in the scope or outside the scope of the administrator.

The weakness was presented 12/23/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at portal.microfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-38757 since 08/25/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/23/2022). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• Micro Focus

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• ZENworks

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• 2020 Update 3a

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.microfocus.com/

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