CVE-2017-1233 Privilege escalation in BigFix Remote Control

What is CVE-2017-1233?

CVE-2017-1233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM BigFix Remote Control, published on 31 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Remote Control v9 could allow a local user to use the component to replace files to which he does not have write access and which he can cause to be executed with Local System or root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 123912.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1233?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Bigfix Remote Control.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1233?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1233 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-1233 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1233 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM BigFix Remote Control

• CVE-2016-2944 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-2963 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2016-2929 Weak cryptography in n/a High 8.1
• CVE-2016-2948 Hardcoded credentials in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2016-2930 Auth bypass in BigFix Remote Control High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7q54-g3h8-w6w7.