Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-7420

Title: Microfocus Enterprise Server Monitor And Control Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-7420.

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Aug 21, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.96%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-7420: An Authentication Bypass (CWE-287) vulnerability in ESMAC (aka Enterprise Server Monitor and Control) in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3 and earlier, 2.3 Update 1 before Hotfix 8, and 2.3 Update 2 before Hotfix 9 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to view and alter configuration information and alter the state of the running product (CWE-275).

Impacted Vendors

blackberry 1

microfocus 3

Reference Links

https://community.microfocus.com/microfocus/mainframe_solutions/enterprise_server/w/knowledge_base/29131/enterprise-server-security-fixes-july-2017 https://community.microfocus.com/microfocus/mainframe_solutions/enterprise_server/w/knowledge_base/29131/enterprise-server-security-fixes-july-2017

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns