Advisory Details

March 12th, 2020

Quest Foglight Evolve CommandLineService Use of Hard-coded Credentials Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2020-8868
CVSS SCORE	9.8, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS	Quest
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Foglight Evolve
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Quest Foglight Evolve. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the __service__ user account. The product contains a hard-coded password for this account. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Quest has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://support.quest.com/foglight/kb/315091/fms-5-9-5-hotfix-hfix-314
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2019-12-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2020-03-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	rgod of 9sg

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