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Status published
Medium
CVE-2022-42451
HCL BigFix Patch Management is vulnerable to insecurely stored credentials
Vulnerability Description
Certain credentials within the BigFix Patch Management Download Plug-ins are stored insecurely and could be exposed to a local privileged user.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
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BigFix Patch Management
Vulnerable Versions:
site version 1054 and below
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 11th, 2023
Last Modified:
October 29th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.