CVE-2019-4013
IBM BigFix Platform 9.5 could allow any authenticated user to upload any file to any location on...
IBM BigFix Platform 9.5 could allow any authenticated user to upload any file to any location on the server with root privileges. This results in code execution on underlying system with root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 155887.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM BigFix Platform 9.5 could allow any authenticated user to upload any file to any location on the server with root privileges. This results in code execution on underlying system with root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 155887.
- Record
CVE-2019-4013- CVSS 3.0
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/C:H/UI:R/A:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/AV:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-13620
IBM BigFix Platform 9.5 could allow any authenticated user to upload any file to any location on the server with root privileges. This results in code execution on underlying system with root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 155887.
- Record
EUVD-2019-13620- CVSS 3.0
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/C:H/UI:R/A:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/AV:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j7cc-79cv-hx68
IBM BigFix Platform 9.5 could allow any authenticated user to upload any file to any location on...
IBM BigFix Platform 9.5 could allow any authenticated user to upload any file to any location on the server with root privileges. This results in code execution on underlying system with root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 155887.
- Record
GHSA-j7cc-79cv-hx68- CVSS 3.0
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM BigFix Platform 9.5 could allow any authenticated user to upload any file to any location on the server with root privileges. This results in code execution on underlying system with root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 155887.
- Record
CVE-2019-4013- CVSS 3.0
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | IBM Bigfix Platform 9.5.9.62 - Arbitrary File Upload | 2019-10-07 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-4013 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) in Hclsoftware Bigfix Platform, published April 10, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.0%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.