RCE in Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway

CVE-2018-12465

An OS command injection vulnerability in the web administration component of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway (SMG) allows a remote attacker authenticated as a privileged user to execute arbitrary OS commands on the SMG server. This can be exploited in conjunction with CVE-2018-12464 to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. Affects Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway versions prior to 471. It does not affect previous versions of the product that used GWAVA product name (i.e. GWAVA 6.5).

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.800 (99.6th percentile), scored .

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-12465: held from 0.800 to 0.800.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.800 · newest: 0.800 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12465?
CVE-2018-12465 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-12465?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12465 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.