CVE-2017-7424

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in esfadmingui in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3, 2.3 Update 1 before Hotfix 8, and 2.3 Update 2 before Hotfix 9 allows remote authenticated users to download arbitrary files from a system running the product, if this component is configured. Note esfadmingui is not enabled by default.

Affected products

Micro Focus Enterprise Developer: 2.3, 2.3-update1, 2.3-update2
Micro Focus Enterprise Server: 2.3, 2.3-update1, 2.3-update2

References

https://community.microfocus.com/microfocus/mainframe_solutions/enterprise_server/w/knowledge_base/29131/enterprise-server-security-fixes-july-2017
https://community.microfocus.com/microfocus/mainframe_solutions/enterprise_server/w/knowledge_base/29131/enterprise-server-security-fixes-july-2017

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