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CVE-2020-8868

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8868 is a critical vulnerability affecting Quest Foglight Evolve 9.0.0, stemming from a hard-coded password for the "__service__" user account. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges, posing a severe risk to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the attack requires no user interaction or authentication, making it easily exploitable. Despite its high severity and ease of exploitation, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quest:foglight_evolve:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0947 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.quest.com / foglight/kb/315091/fms-5-9-5-hotfix-hfix-314
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-20-290
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry