📄 Description (English)
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.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
IBM Data Risk Manager contains a critical directory traversal vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) allowing authenticated attackers to download arbitrary files from affected systems. This vulnerability poses significant risk to organizations using Data Risk Manager for data governance and compliance monitoring. Immediate patching is required as exploits are publicly available.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 19, 2026 11:47
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi financial institutions using IBM Data Risk Manager for regulatory compliance and data governance face critical risk of unauthorized data exfiltration. Banking sector (SAMA-regulated entities) and government agencies (NCA oversight) are primary targets. Energy sector organizations (ARAMCO, downstream operators) managing sensitive operational data are at high risk. Telecommunications providers (STC, Mobily) using this solution for customer data protection face compliance violations under SAMA CSF and NCA ECC 2024. Healthcare organizations managing patient records could face HIPAA-equivalent violations under Saudi health regulations.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking and Financial Services
Government and Public Administration
Energy and Utilities
Telecommunications
Healthcare
Insurance
Large Enterprises with Data Governance Requirements
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all systems running IBM Data Risk Manager and document versions
2. Restrict network access to Data Risk Manager interfaces using firewall rules
3. Implement IP whitelisting for administrative access only
4. Review access logs for suspicious directory traversal attempts (patterns like ../ or %2e%2e%2f in URLs)
5. Audit downloaded files and data access logs for unauthorized exfiltration
PATCHING:
1. Apply IBM Data Risk Manager security patches immediately (check IBM Security Advisories for specific version patches)
2. Test patches in non-production environment first
3. Schedule maintenance windows for production deployment
4. Verify patch application and restart services
COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if patching delayed):
1. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to block directory traversal patterns
2. Deploy intrusion detection signatures for CVE-2020-4430 exploitation attempts
3. Enforce multi-factor authentication for all Data Risk Manager access
4. Implement file integrity monitoring on system directories
5. Enable detailed audit logging for all file access attempts
DETECTION:
1. Monitor for HTTP requests containing ../, %2e%2e%2f, or similar traversal patterns
2. Alert on unusual file download activities from Data Risk Manager
3. Track authentication logs for failed access attempts followed by successful exploitation
4. Monitor system logs for unauthorized file access from Data Risk Manager process
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع الأنظمة التي تقوم بتشغيل مدير مخاطر البيانات من IBM وتوثيق الإصدارات
2. تقييد الوصول إلى واجهات مدير مخاطر البيانات باستخدام قواعد جدار الحماية
3. تطبيق قائمة بيضاء للعناوين IP للوصول الإداري فقط
4. مراجعة سجلات الوصول لمحاولات اجتياز الدليل المريبة
5. تدقيق الملفات المحملة وسجلات الوصول للبيانات للكشف عن التسرب غير المصرح
التصحيح:
1. تطبيق تصحيحات أمان مدير مخاطر البيانات من IBM فوراً
2. اختبار التصحيحات في بيئة غير الإنتاج أولاً
3. جدولة نوافذ الصيانة لنشر الإنتاج
4. التحقق من تطبيق التصحيح وإعادة تشغيل الخدمات
الضوابط البديلة:
1. تطبيق قواعد جدار تطبيقات الويب لحظر أنماط اجتياز الدليل
2. نشر توقيعات كشف التطفل لمحاولات استغلال CVE-2020-4430
3. فرض المصادقة متعددة العوامل لجميع الوصول
4. تطبيق مراقبة سلامة الملفات على دلائل النظام
5. تفعيل تسجيل التدقيق التفصيلي لجميع محاولات الوصول
الكشف:
1. مراقبة طلبات HTTP التي تحتوي على أنماط اجتياز الدليل
2. التنبيه على أنشطة تنزيل الملفات غير العادية
3. تتبع سجلات المصادقة للمحاولات الفاشلة متبوعة بالاستغلال الناجح
4. مراقبة سجلات النظام للوصول غير المصرح إلى الملفات
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.5.1.1 - Information Security Policies and Procedures
A.6.1.1 - Access Control Policy
A.6.2.1 - User Registration and De-registration
A.8.1.1 - Asset Inventory and Ownership
A.8.2.1 - Information Classification
A.12.2.1 - Change Management
A.12.4.1 - Logging and Monitoring
A.13.1.1 - Information Security Incident Procedures
🔵 SAMA CSF
Governance (GOV-01: Information Security Governance)
Asset Management (AM-01: Asset Inventory, AM-02: Asset Classification)
Access Control (AC-01: Access Control Policy, AC-02: User Access Management)
Change Management (CM-01: Change Control Procedures)
Monitoring and Logging (ML-01: Logging Requirements, ML-02: Log Monitoring)
Incident Management (IM-01: Incident Response Procedures)
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
5.1 - Policies for information security
6.1 - Information security roles and responsibilities
6.2 - Information security responsibilities of management
8.1 - Responsibility for assets
8.2 - Information classification
8.3 - Handling of assets
9.1 - Access control policy
9.2 - User access management
9.4 - Access rights review
10.1 - Operational planning and preparation
10.2 - Change management
10.3 - Capacity management
12.4 - Logging
13.1 - Information security incident procedures
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0
Requirement 1.1 - Firewall configuration standards
Requirement 2.1 - Default security parameters
Requirement 6.2 - Security patches
Requirement 8.1 - User identification and authentication
Requirement 10.1 - Audit trails
Requirement 10.2 - User access logging
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
IBM:Data Risk Manager