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CVE-2020-11853 in the critical feed json

Arbitrary code execution vulnerability on multiple Micro Focus products

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-4193

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
77.0%
EPSS 77.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting multiple Micro Focus products. 1.) Operation Bridge Manager affecting version: 2020.05, 2019.11, 2019.05, 2018.11, 2018.05, versions 10.6x and 10.1x and older versions. 2.) Application Performance Management affecting versions : 9.51, 9.50 and 9.40 with uCMDB 10.33 CUP 3 3.) Data Center Automation affected version 2019.11 4.) Operations Bridge (containerized) affecting versions: 2019.11, 2019.08, 2019.05, 2018.11, 2018.08, 2018.05, 2018.02, 2017.11 5.) Universal CMDB affecting version: 2020.05, 2019.11, 2019.05, 2019.02, 2018.11, 2018.08, 2018.05, 11, 10.33, 10.32, 10.31, 10.30 6.) Hybrid Cloud Management affecting version 2020.05 7.) Service Management Automation affecting version 2020.5 and 2020.02. The vulnerability could allow to execute arbitrary code.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/microfocus_obm_auth_rce)

Exploit prediction

76.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Micro Focus Operation Bridge Manager
  • Micro Focus Application Performance Management
  • Micro Focus Data Center Automation
  • Micro Focus Operations Bridge (containerized)
  • Micro Focus Universal CMDB
  • Micro Focus Hybrid Cloud Management
  • Micro Focus Service Management Automation

References

Sources

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