CVE-2023-32265 | Mitigations and availability of updates relating to security vulnerability in ESCWA component CVE-2023-32265.

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.

Published: 2023-07-20 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-32265 is rated Low Risk (39/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-32265

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.21% 0.38% +0.17%
2 2025-03-30 0.30% 0.21% -0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-32265

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 4.2 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-32265

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-32265

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microfocus cobol_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:cobol_server:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus cobol_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:cobol_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus cobol_server 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:cobol_server:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus enterprise_developer 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:enterprise_developer:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus enterprise_developer 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:enterprise_developer:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus enterprise_developer 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:enterprise_developer:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus enterprise_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:enterprise_server:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus enterprise_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:enterprise_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus enterprise_server 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:enterprise_server:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus enterprise_test_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:enterprise_test_server:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus enterprise_test_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:enterprise_test_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus enterprise_test_server 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:enterprise_test_server:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus visual_cobol 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:visual_cobol:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus visual_cobol 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:visual_cobol:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microfocus visual_cobol 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:visual_cobol:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-32265

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