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CVE-2020-9523Insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability on Micro Focus enterprise developer and enterprise server, affecting all version prior…

Description

Insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability on Micro Focus enterprise developer and enterprise server, affecting all version prior to 4.0 Patch Update 16, and version 5.0 Patch Update 6. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to transmit hashed credentials for the user account running the Micro Focus Directory Server (MFDS) to an arbitrary site, compromising that account's security.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By microfocus

  2. · 47 days later

    Published

  3. · 4 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2020-9523, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.86% · top 41% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Affected products

  • Enterprise developer and server.

    • affected All version prior to version 4.0 Patch Update 16, and version 5.0 Patch Update 6.

References

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