CVE-2021-27766

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The BigFix Client 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-27766
  • Assigner
  • psirt@hcl.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-05-06T18:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-05-16T17:35:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.5 9.5.18
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10 10.0.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2022/MNDT-2022-0024/MNDT-2022-0024.md Third Party Advisory
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0098116 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27766
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-27766
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-08 06:06:54 Added to TrackCVE