Description

HCL BigFix Web Reports' service communicates over HTTPS but exhibits a weakness in its handling of SSL certificate validation. This scenario presents a possibility of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and data exposure as, if exploited, this vulnerability could potentially lead to unauthorized access.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-42193

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 2.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Affected Products

Vendor: HCL Software

Product: HCL BigFix Platform

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.05% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42193
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0120585

Timeline