CVE-2023-32265
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CVE-2023-32265 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) component used in Enterprise Server, Enterprise Test Server, Enterprise Developer, Visual COBOL, and COBOL Server. An attacker would need to be authenticated into ESCWA to attempt to exploit this vulnerability. As described in the hardening guide in the product documentation, other mitigations including restricting network access to ESCWA and restricting users’ permissions in the Micro Focus Directory Server also reduce the exposure to this issue. Given the right conditions this vulnerability could be exploited to expose a service account password. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) component used in Enterprise Server, Enterprise Test Server, Enterprise Developer, Visual COBOL, and COBOL Server. An attacker would need to be authenticated into ESCWA to attempt to exploit this vulnerability. As described in the hardening guide in the product documentation, other mitigations including restricting network access to ESCWA and restricting users’ permissions in the Micro Focus Directory Server also reduce the exposure to this issue. Given the right conditions this vulnerability could be exploited to expose a service account password. The account corresponding to the exposed credentials usually has limited privileges and, in many cases would only be useful for extracting details of other user accounts and similar information.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microfocus | Cobol Server | 6.0 |
| Microfocus | Cobol Server | 7.0 |
| Microfocus | Cobol Server | 8.0 |
| Microfocus | Enterprise Developer | 6.0 |
| Microfocus | Enterprise Developer | 7.0 |
| Microfocus | Enterprise Developer | 8.0 |
| Microfocus | Enterprise Server | 6.0 |
| Microfocus | Enterprise Server | 7.0 |
| Microfocus | Enterprise Server | 8.0 |
| Microfocus | Enterprise Test Server | 6.0 |
| Microfocus | Enterprise Test Server | 7.0 |
| Microfocus | Enterprise Test Server | 8.0 |
| Microfocus | Visual Cobol | 6.0 |
| Microfocus | Visual Cobol | 7.0 |
| Microfocus | Visual Cobol | 8.0 |
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