HCL BigFix Platform is susceptible to insufficiently protected credentials

published 2024-05-17 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-21078

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
public exploits: 0; none known

An attacker could potentially intercept credentials via the task manager and perform unauthorized access to the Client Deploy Tool on Windows systems.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

hcltech bigfix_platform 9.5.25, 10.0.12

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-18)

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

HCL Software BigFix Platform
hcltech bigfix_platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0113140
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-23583
NVD CVE-2024-23583

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Summary