CVE-2022-38659 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In specific scenarios, on Windows the operator credentials may be encrypted in a manner that is not completely machine-dependent.

Published: 2022-12-17

Score: 6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 Platform

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.5 - 9.5.20, 10 - 10.0.7`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_platform::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_platform::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41232	In specific scenarios, on Windows the operator credentials may be encrypted in a manner that is not completely machine-dependent.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00021.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0102049

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Hcltech Bigfix Platform

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2022-12-17T18:44:57.327Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T15:08:02.457Z

Reserved: 2022-08-22T16:31:27.395Z

Link: CVE-2022-38659

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:14.349Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-19T11:15:10.330

Modified: 2025-04-17T16:15:24.940

Link: CVE-2022-38659

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-326

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