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CVE-2018-7687: Client for OES Elevation of Privilege via Buffer Overflow

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-05-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The Micro Focus Client for OES before version 2 SP4 IR8a has a vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to elevate privileges via a buffer overflow in ncfsd.sys.

Affected products

• Micro Focus Client for Open Enterprise Server: through 2.0; 2.0-sp3

References

• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093607
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7022983
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093607
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7022983

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