CVE-2018-7687 is a high-severity buffer overflow vulnerability in the Micro Focus Client for OES, specifically affecting versions prior to 2 SP4 IR8a. A local attacker can exploit this flaw in ncfsd.sys to achieve privilege escalation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is no public exploit intelligence, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:client:*:*:*:*:*:open_enterprise_server:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:client:2.0:sp3:*:*:*:open_enterprise_server:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.