What is CVE-2020-9523?

CVE-2020-9523 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Enterprise Developer, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-9523?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microfocus Enterprise Developer

CVE-2020-9523

Insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability on Micro Focus enterprise developer and enterprise server, affecting all version prior to 4.0 Patch Update 16, and version 5.0 Patch Update 6. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to transmit hashed credentials for the user account running the Micro Focus Directory Server (MFDS) to an arbitrary site, compromising that account's security.

EPSS: 0.009 (56.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Microfocus Enterprise_developer — versions 4.0, 5.0
Microfocus Enterprise_server — versions 4.0, 5.0
N/a Enterprise Developer And Server. — versions All version prior to version 4.0 Patch Update 16, and version 5.0 Patch Update 6.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

security@opentext.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9523?: CVE-2020-9523 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Enterprise Developer, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-9523?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.