FKIE_CVE-2018-7687

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-05-21 20:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:03
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The Micro Focus Client for OES before version 2 SP4 IR8a has a vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to elevate privileges via a buffer overflow in ncfsd.sys.
References
security@opentext.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093607
security@opentext.comhttps://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7022983
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093607
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7022983
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microfocus client *
microfocus client 2.0
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