FKIE_CVE-2021-38129

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-01-25 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:01
Severity
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@opentext.comhttps://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000003539?language=en_US
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000003539?language=en_US
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microfocus operations_agent *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:01:31.980",
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