CVE-2018-2005 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5 stores potentially sensitive information in process memory that could be read by a local attacker with elevated permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 155007

Published: 2019-05-20

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

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

IBM

BigFix Platform

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.2`	affected	—
`9.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bigfix_platform::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:bigfix_platform::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13860	IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5 stores potentially sensitive information in process memory that could be read by a local attacker with elevated permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 155007

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00328.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155007
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10881996

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Bigfix Platform

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2019-05-20T17:25:23.312Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:01:56.088Z

Reserved: 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-2005

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-20T18:29:00.237

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:55:28.217

Link: CVE-2018-2005

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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