Use of hard-coded credentials in Foglight Evolve - CVE-2020-8868
Published: March 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26155
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8868
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Foglight Evolve
How to mitigate CVE-2020-8868
Vendor recommends to update to the following Hotfix: FMS 5.9.5 Hotfix HFIX-314.