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Exploited. On CISA's list since 2022-05-25, and used by ransomware.
CVE-2013-3993 · IBM InfoSphere BigInsights · Published 2014-07-07
6.5 out of 10
CVSS rates it medium.
4.8%
Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).
Yes
CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 1598 days ago (2022-06-15).
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Certain APIs within BigInsights can take invalid input that might allow attackers unauthorized access to read, write, modify, or delete data.
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.
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A supplied file path escapes the directory the application intended to allow.
CWE-22 · NVD record: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0; NVD record: nvd@nist.gov
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CWE-264 · CISA KEV. We have not selected a close learning match for this label.
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