CVE-2024-23540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The HCL BigFix Inventory server is vulnerable to path traversal which enables an attacker to read internal application files from the Inventory server. The BigFix Inventory server does not properly restrict the served static file.

Published: 2024-04-03

Score: 5.3 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 Inventory

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.x, 10.x`	affected	—

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-21035	The HCL BigFix Inventory server is vulnerable to path traversal which enables an attacker to read internal application files from the Inventory server. The BigFix Inventory server does not properly restrict the served static file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00384.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0112015

History

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Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2024-04-03T16:32:51.950Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:06:25.219Z

Reserved: 2024-01-18T07:29:48.046Z

Link: CVE-2024-23540

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:06:25.219Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-04-03T17:15:50.450

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-23540

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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