Privilege escalation in Micro Focus Universal Configuration Management Database

1) Improper access control

EUVDB-ID: #VU11836

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6491

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an installation file access control flaw. A local attacker can gain root privileges.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Micro Focus Universal Configuration Management Database Server: 10.20 - 11.00

External links

http://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03141180

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.