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CVE-2021-27766: HCL BigFix Platform Client is affected by a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2022-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The BigFix Client installer is created with InstallShield, which was affected by CVE-2021-41526, a vulnerability that could allow a local user to perform a privilege escalation. This vulnerability was resolved by updating to an InstallShield version with the underlying vulnerability fixed.

Affected products

• HCL Software BigFix Platform: from 9.5 through 9.5.18; from 10 through 10.0.5

References

• https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2022/MNDT-2022-0024/MNDT-2022-0024.md
• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0098116
• https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2022/MNDT-2022-0024/MNDT-2022-0024.md
• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0098116

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