CVE-2023-32265

Mitigations and availability of updates relating to security vulnerability in ESCWA component CVE-2023-32265.

Published Jul 20, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) component used in Enterprise Server, Enterprise Test Server, Enterprise Developer, Visual COBOL, and COBOL Server.
An attacker would need to be authenticated into ESCWA to attempt to exploit this vulnerability. As described in the hardening guide in the product documentation, other mitigations including restricting network access to ESCWA and restricting users’ permissions in the Micro Focus Directory Server also reduce the exposure to this issue.

Given the right conditions this vulnerability could be exploited to expose a service account password. The account corresponding to the exposed credentials usually has limited privileges and, in many cases would only be useful for extracting details of other user accounts and similar information.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Enterprise Server, Enterprise Test Server, Enterprise Developer, Visual COBOL, and COBOL Server Versions 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 all include a fix for this issue in their latest released patch updates.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-36519 A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) component used in Enterprise Server, Enterprise Test Server, Enterprise Developer, Visual COBOL, and COBOL Server. An attacker would need to be authenticated into ESCWA to attempt to exploit this vulnerability. As described in the hardening guide in the product documentation, other mitigations including restricting network access to ESCWA and restricting users’ permissions in the Micro Focus Directory Server also reduce the exposure to this issue. Given the right conditions this vulnerability could be exploited to expose a service account password. The account corresponding to the exposed credentials usually has limited privileges and, in many cases would only be useful for extracting details of other user accounts and similar information.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
OpenText
Published
Updated
Oct 21, 2024, 1:05 PM
Reserved
May 5, 2023, 2:42 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 20, 2023, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:58 AM