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CVE-2017-1231

IBM BigFix Platform 9.5 - 9.5.9 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 123910.

Description

IBM BigFix Platform 9.5 - 9.5.9 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 123910.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By ibm

  2. · 23 months later

    Published

  3. · 6 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-1231, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
ibmCNA (assigner)3.0Medium4.4CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:L/C:H/I:N/PR:H/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.

Affected products

  • IBM · BigFix Platform

    • affected 9.5
    • affected 9.5.1
    • affected 9.5.2
    • affected 9.5.3
    • affected 9.5.4
    • affected 9.5.5
    • affected 9.5.6
    • affected 9.5.7
    • affected 9.5.8
    • affected 9.5.9

References

2

Sources

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Record last updated .