High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-7687

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.

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Affected products

Novell/Micro Focus Client for OESllm-create
Range: <2 SP4 IR8a
Micro Focus/Client for Open Enterprise Serverv5
Range: 2 SP4 (IR8a)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cginvd
www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.phpnvd

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