7.1

CVE-2023-32265: micro focus cobol server

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighModified
Published 20-07-2023Last modified 21-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-32265 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in micro focus cobol server. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.45%
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. 20-07-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA) component used in Enterprise Server, Enterprise Test Server, Enterprise Developer, Visual COBOL, and COBOL Server. An attacker would need to be authenticated into ESCWA to attempt to exploit this vulnerability. As described in the hardening guide in the product documentation, other mitigations including restricting network access to ESCWA and restricting users’ permissions in the Micro Focus Directory Server also reduce the exposure to this issue. Given the right conditions this vulnerability could be exploited to expose a service account password. The account corresponding to the exposed credentials usually has limited privileges and, in many cases would only be useful for extracting details of other user accounts and similar information.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.45% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.45%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Micro focus5 products
  • cobol server≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0 update 24 | ≥ 7.0, ≤ 7.0 update 17 | ≥ 8.0, ≤ 8.0 update 6
  • enterprise developer≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0 update 24 | ≥ 7.0, ≤ 7.0 update 17 | ≥ 8.0, ≤ 8.0 update 6
  • enterprise server≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0 update 24 | ≥ 7.0, ≤ 7.0 update 17 | ≥ 8.0, ≤ 8.0 update 6
  • enterprise test server≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0 update 24 | ≥ 7.0, ≤ 7.0 update 17 | ≥ 8.0, ≤ 8.0 update 6
  • visual cobol≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0 update 24 | ≥ 7.0, ≤ 7.0 update 17 | ≥ 8.0, ≤ 8.0 update 6
Microfocus5 products

2 vendors · 10 products

References

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