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CVE-2021-27783 (GCVE-0-2021-27783)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-25 15:20 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:41
VLAI
Title
HCL BigFix Mobile / Modern Client Management is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure
Summary
User generated PPKG file for Bulk Enroll may have unencrypted sensitive information exposed.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-311 - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2022-05-19 00:00
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