CVE-2020-8868

CRITICAL

Quest Foglight Evolve 9.0.0 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Hard-coded Credentials

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Quest Foglight Evolve 9.0.0. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the __service__ user account. The product contains a hard-coded password for this account. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-9553.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-290/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0947
EPSS Percentile 94.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (1)
quest/foglight_evolve 9.0.0
Published Mar 23, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026