CVE-2022-42451

HCL BigFix Patch Management is vulnerable to insecurely stored credentials

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Published Oct 11, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Certain credentials within the BigFix Patch Management Download Plug-ins are stored insecurely and could be exposed to a local privileged user.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HCL Software

BigFix Patch Management

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`site version 1054 and below`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_patch_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45524	Certain credentials within the BigFix Patch Management Download Plug-ins are stored insecurely and could be exposed to a local privileged user.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.159% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0108007

History

Sep 19, 2024 3:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Hcltech Bigfix Patch Management

Weaknesses

CWE-522

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 29, 2024, 1:41 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: HCL
Published: Oct 11, 2023, 5:01 AM
Updated: Oct 29, 2024, 1:41 PM
Reserved: Oct 6, 2022, 4:01 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:10 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:10 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:04 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 11, 2023, 6:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:04 AM

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