CVE-2017-7420

critical

Published 2017-08-21 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

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

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

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).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
microfocus	enterprise_developer	`2.3`
microfocus	enterprise_server	`{"endIncluding":"2.3"}`
microfocus	enterprise_server	`2.3`
microfocus	enterprise_server_monitor_and_control	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.