8.7

CVE-2020-11846: microfocus netiq_privileged_access_manager Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.7v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 21-08-2024Last modified 21-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-11846 is a high (CVSS 8.7) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in microfocus netiq_privileged_access_manager. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.7/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability found in OpenText Privileged Access Manager that issues a token. on successful issuance of the token, a cookie gets set that allows unrestricted access to all the application resources. This issue affects Privileged Access Manager before 3.7.0.1.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.33% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Microfocus1 product
Opentext1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links