{"id":"CVE-2018-7687","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7687","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:42:14.102Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-05-21T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:03:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@opentext.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["microfocus/client"],"epss":{"score":0.00368,"percentile":0.30544,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093607","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7022983","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093607","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7022983","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7687","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}