Vulnerability record

CVE-2013-3993

IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Invalid Input Vulnerability

Severity: ElevatedExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV Used by ransomware
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run InfoSphere BigInsights, fix it now.

CISA required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jun 15, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

IBM InfoSphere BigInsights before 2.1.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended file and directory restrictions, or access untrusted data or code, via crafted parameters in unspecified API calls.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
InfoSphere BigInsightsIBM< 2.1.0.32.1.0.3KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2013-3993 scored CVSS 6.5: IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Invalid Input Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild and known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Unpatched InfoSphere BigInsights systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References