CVE-2018-2005 Information disclosure in BigFix Platform

What is CVE-2018-2005?

CVE-2018-2005 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM BigFix Platform, published on 20 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5 stores potentially sensitive information in process memory that could be read by a local attacker with elevated permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 155007

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2005?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Bigfix Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2005?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-2005 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2005 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM BigFix Platform

• CVE-2016-6082 Use after free in BigFix Platform Critical 10.0
• CVE-2018-1475 Security feature bypass in BigFix Platform Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1221 Weak cryptography in BigFix Platform Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-4013 File upload in BigFix Platform Critical 9.0
• CVE-2018-1479 Cross-site request forgery in BigFix Platform High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6mjm-v4f4-mxf5.