cve-2021-27767
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-05-06 18:10
Modified
2024-09-16 20:12
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Summary
The BigFix Console installer is created with InstallShield, which was affected by CVE-2021-41526, a vulnerability that could allow a local user to perform a privilege escalation. This vulnerability was resolved by updating to an InstallShield version with the underlying vulnerability fixed.
References
psirt@hcl.comhttps://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2022/MNDT-2022-0025/MNDT-2022-0025.mdThird Party Advisory
psirt@hcl.comhttps://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0098116Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2022/MNDT-2022-0025/MNDT-2022-0025.mdThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0098116Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HCL Software BigFix Platform Version: 9.5 - 9.5.18, 10 - 10.0.5
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