CVE-2021-27766 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the HCL BigFix Platform, stemming from its use of an outdated InstallShield version. A local attacker can exploit this flaw with low complexity to gain high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.5, <= 9.5.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10, <= 10.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.