7.8high
CVE-2018-7687
Client for OES Elevation of Privilege via Buffer Overflow
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 30%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
The Micro Focus Client for OES before version 2 SP4 IR8a has a vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to elevate privileges via a buffer overflow in ncfsd.sys.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.36% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Micro Focus Client for Open Enterprise Server
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
References
- novell.com /support/kb/doc.php?id=7022983 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- bugzilla.novell.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1093607 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-7687
- NVD: CVE-2018-7687
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