THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-6498
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-6498

Data Center Automation vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
Remote Code Execution in the following products Hybrid Cloud Management Containerized Suite HCM2017.11, HCM2018.02, HCM2018.05, Operations Bridge Containerized Suite 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05, Data Center Automation Containerized Suite 2017.01 until 2018.05, Service Management Automation Suite 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05 and Network Operations Management (NOM) Suite CDF 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05 will allow Remote Code Execution.
Affected vendor
Microfocus
Affected product
Data Center Automation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-08-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-6498

  • Confirm whether Microfocus Data Center Automation is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-6498.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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