XXE in Micro Focus Operations Agent



Risk Medium
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-17085
CWE-ID CWE-611
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Operations Agent
Server applications / SCADA systems

Vendor Micro Focus

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) XML External Entity injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU22835

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17085

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct an XML External Entity (XXE) attack on a targeted system

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote authenticated attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and conduct an XXE attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Operations Agent: 12.0 - 12.11

CPE2.3 External links

https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/doc/KM03556426


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

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.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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