CVE-2022-38659 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In specific scenarios, on Windows the operator credentials may be encrypted in a manner that is not completely machine-dependent.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Hcltech	Bigfix Platform
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_platform::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_platform::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0102049

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2022-12-17T18:44:57.327Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T15:08:02.457Z

Reserved: 2022-08-22T16:31:27.395Z

Link: CVE-2022-38659

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:14.349Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-19T11:15:10.330

Modified: 2025-04-17T16:15:24.940

Link: CVE-2022-38659

Redhat

No data.

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