CVE-2020-8868

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8868
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-23 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-03-25 18:23:00 UTC
DescriptionThis vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Quest Foglight Evolve 9.0.0. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the __service__ user account. The product contains a hard-coded password for this account. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-9553.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-798

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Quest Foglight Evolve 9.0.0 All All All
Application Quest Foglight Evolve 9.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FMS 5.9.5 Hotfix HFIX-314 (315091) MISC support.quest.com Vendor Advisory
ZDI-20-290 | Zero Day Initiative MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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