IBM Data Risk Manager Directory Traversal Vulnerability
IBM Data Risk Manager contains a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories and send a specially crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system.
A remote attacker, with a low-privilege account, can achieve partial data exposure. Federal agencies are required to remediate by 2022-05-03 under CISA BOD 22-01.
This is a Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in IBM Data Risk Manager. Exploitation requires remote network access, low attack complexity, a low-privilege authenticated account, and no user interaction required.
Probably yes if any of these apply:
CISA added this CVE to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03 based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild. Federal agencies required to remediate by 2022-05-03.
Manual remediation steps
Apply the Vendor Patch
This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — apply the vendor's security update as soon as possible.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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