PT-2019-4706 · Quest · Quest Foglight Evolve

Rgod · Published 2019-12-13 · Updated 2020-03-25 · CVE-2020-8868

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Quest Foglight Evolve version 9.0.0

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. Authentication is not required to exploit this issue. The specific flaw exists within the service user account, which contains a hard-coded password. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.

Recommendations For Quest Foglight Evolve version 9.0.0, consider changing the hard-coded password for the service user account to a unique and secure password as a temporary workaround. Restrict access to the CommandLineService component to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01231

CVE-2020-8868

ZDI-20-290

Affected Products

Quest Foglight Evolve

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8868 · Security Note
• https://support.quest.com/foglight/kb/315091/fms-5-9-5-hotfix-hfix-314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-290 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8868 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01231 · Security Note
• https://support.quest.com/foglight/kb/315091/fms-5-9-5-%20hotfix-hfix-314 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2053 · Telegram Post