CVE-2018-1478
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM BigFix Platform 9.2.0 through 9.2.14 and 9.5 through 9.5.9 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 140760.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIBM BigFix Platform versions 9.2.0 through 9.2.14 and 9.5 through 9.5.9 are vulnerable to clickjacking. An attacker can embed the BigFix web interface in a transparent iframe on a malicious page, causing victims to unknowingly click buttons or perform actions on the legitimate BigFix interface when attempting to click on attacker-controlled content.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 9.2.0, <= 9.2.14>= 9.5, <= 9.5.9CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed BigFix Platform versionLocate the BigFix installation directory and check the version file or use the BigFix console to view the server versionAffected if The installed version falls within 9.2.0 through 9.2.14 or 9.5 through 9.5.9
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Verify X-Frame-Options HTTP header is presentSend an HTTP request to the BigFix web interface (usually on port 52311) and inspect the response headers for X-Frame-OptionsAffected if The X-Frame-Options header is missing or set to a permissive value such as ALLOW-FROM (not DENY or SAMEORIGIN)
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Check Content Security Policy frame-ancestors directiveInspect the HTTP response headers from the BigFix web server for a Content-Security-Policy header containing frame-ancestorsAffected if The CSP frame-ancestors directive is missing or does not restrict framing sources appropriately
The environment is affected if the BigFix Platform version is 9.2.0-9.2.14 or 9.5-9.5.9 AND the X-Frame-Options and CSP frame-ancestors protections are not configured on the web server.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataConfigure the BigFix web server to send X-Frame-Options: DENY or SAMEORIGIN HTTP headers to prevent the application from being embedded in iframes, or implement Content Security Policy frame-ancestors directive.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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