CVE-2024-42184 json
HCL BigFix Patch Download Plug-ins are affected by insecure support for file URI scheme
published 2025-01-23 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-39542
- cvss
- 2.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
BigFix Patch Download Plug-ins are affected by insecure support for file URI scheme. It could allow a malicious operator to attempt to download files using the file:// URI scheme.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 21 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 2.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- HCL Software BigFix Patch Management Download Plug-ins
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-84 Improper Neutralization of Encoded URI Schemes in a Web Page
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-42184
- NVD CVE-2024-42184
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