CVE-2021-27782 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

HCL BigFix Mobile / Modern Client Management Admin and Config UI passwords can be brute-forced.
User should be locked out for multiple invalid attempts.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0019.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HCL Software

BigFix Mobile

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0.x`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_mobile:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Hcltech Subscribe	Bigfix Mobile Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-14523	HCL BigFix Mobile / Modern Client Management Admin and Config UI passwords can be brute-forced. User should be locked out for multiple invalid attempts.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0102477

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2023-01-19T18:54:01.027Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T14:52:02.575Z

Reserved: 2021-02-26T20:15:05.791Z

Link: CVE-2021-27782

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T21:33:15.676Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-20T07:15:10.143

Modified: 2025-04-02T15:15:40.840

Link: CVE-2021-27782

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-307

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