Low severity · published Jan 25, 2022
CVE-2021-38129
Escalation of privileges vulnerability in Micro Focus in Micro Focus Operations Agent, affecting versions 12.x up to and including 12.21
3.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Escalation of privileges vulnerability in Micro Focus in Micro Focus Operations Agent, affecting versions 12.x up to and including 12.21. The vulnerability could be exploited by a non-privileged local user to access system monitoring data collected by Operations Agent.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OA
Operations Agent · Microfocus
12.0 through 12.21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38129
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38129
portal.microfocus.com
https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000003539?language=en_US
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