MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-0795

Security Solutions For Iseries vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the SafeShellExecute method in the NetIQExecObject.NetIQExec.1 ActiveX control in NetIQExec.dll in NetIQ Security Solutions for iSeries 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments, aka ZDI-CAN-2699.
Affected vendor
Microfocus
Affected product
Security Solutions For Iseries
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2015-07-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-0795

  • Confirm whether Microfocus Security Solutions For Iseries is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-0795.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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