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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-8352 json

By default, BMC PATROL Agent through 11.3.01 uses a static encryption key for encrypting/decrypting user credentials sent over the network…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-17742

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.3%
EPSS 6.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

By default, BMC PATROL Agent through 11.3.01 uses a static encryption key for encrypting/decrypting user credentials sent over the network to managed PATROL Agent services. If an attacker were able to capture this network traffic, they could decrypt these credentials and use them to execute code or escalate privileges on the network.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-46969)

Exploit prediction

6.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-46969 IBM Websphere Application Server - Network Deployment Untrusted Data Deserialization Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2019-06-05

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

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