CVE-2017-1232
IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5) transmits sensitive or security...
IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5) transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. IBM X-Force ID: 123911.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5) transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. IBM X-Force ID: 123911.
- Record
CVE-2017-1232- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5) transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. IBM X-Force ID: 123911.
- Record
CVE-2017-1232- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-10248 No score
IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5) transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. IBM X-Force ID: 123911.
- Record
EUVD-2017-10248- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hx93-rrxp-mmvq
IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5) transmits sensitive or security...
IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5) transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. IBM X-Force ID: 123911.
- Record
GHSA-hx93-rrxp-mmvq- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-1232 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Ibm Bigfix Platform, published October 26, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.84%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.