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CVE-2020-4095

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-07-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-312

Description

"BigFix Platform is storing clear text credentials within the system's memory. An attacker who is able to gain administrative privileges can use a program to create a memory dump and extract the credentials. These credentials can be used to pivot further into the environment. The principle of least privilege should be applied to all BigFix deployments, limiting administrative access."

Affected products

• HCL Software BigFix Platform: from 9.2 through 9.2.19; from 9.5 through 9.5.15

References

• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0080772
• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0080772

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