Use of hard-coded credentials in Foglight Evolve - CVE-2020-8868
Published: March 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26155
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8868
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Quest Software Inc.
Affected software:
Foglight Evolve
Foglight Evolve
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain full access to vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists within the "CommandLineService" functionality due to presence of hard-coded credentials in application code in the "__service__ user" account. A remote unauthenticated attacker can access the affected system using the hard-coded credentials for this account and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-8868
Vendor recommends to update to the following Hotfix: FMS 5.9.5 Hotfix HFIX-314.