CVE-2020-8868

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

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.

Affected products

Quest Foglight Evolve: 9.0.0

References

https://support.quest.com/foglight/kb/315091/fms-5-9-5-hotfix-hfix-314
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-290/
https://support.quest.com/foglight/kb/315091/fms-5-9-5-hotfix-hfix-314
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-290/

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