CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-9523

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Apr 17, 2020 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 accounts security.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Enterprise_developer Microfocus * 3.0 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0 (including) 4.0 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_1 (including) 4.0-update_1 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_10 (including) 4.0-update_10 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_11 (including) 4.0-update_11 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_12 (including) 4.0-update_12 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_13 (including) 4.0-update_13 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_14 (including) 4.0-update_14 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_15 (including) 4.0-update_15 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_2 (including) 4.0-update_2 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_3 (including) 4.0-update_3 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_4 (including) 4.0-update_4 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_5 (including) 4.0-update_5 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_6 (including) 4.0-update_6 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_7 (including) 4.0-update_7 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_8 (including) 4.0-update_8 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 4.0-update_9 (including) 4.0-update_9 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 5.0 (including) 5.0 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 5.0-update_1 (including) 5.0-update_1 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 5.0-update_2 (including) 5.0-update_2 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 5.0-update_3 (including) 5.0-update_3 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 5.0-update_4 (including) 5.0-update_4 (including)
Enterprise_developer Microfocus 5.0-update_5 (including) 5.0-update_5 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References