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CVE-2013-3993

Critical 🇺🇸 CISA KEV ⚡ Exploit Available
IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Invalid Input Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3993)
Published: May 25, 2022  ·  Source: CISA_KEV
CVSS v3
9.0
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Invalid Input Vulnerability — Certain APIs within BigInsights can take invalid input that might allow attackers unauthorized access to read, write, modify, or delete data.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

IBM InfoSphere BigInsights contains a critical input validation vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) affecting certain APIs. Attackers can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to read, write, modify, or delete data within the BigInsights environment. Active exploits exist with no official patch available.

📄 Description (Arabic)

تسمح هذه الثغرة الأمنية الحرجة للمهاجمين بإرسال مدخلات غير صالحة إلى واجهات برمجة التطبيقات في IBM InfoSphere BigInsights، مما يؤدي إلى تجاوز آليات التحقق والمصادقة. يمكن استغلال هذه الثغرة للوصول غير المصرح به إلى البيانات الحساسة المخزنة في منصة تحليل البيانات الضخمة. نظراً لعدم توفر تصحيح رسمي ووجود استغلالات نشطة، تشكل هذه الثغرة خطراً كبيراً على المؤسسات التي تعتمد على هذا النظام لتحليل البيانات الحساسة. تتطلب هذه الثغرة إجراءات تخفيف فورية لحماية البيانات والأنظمة الحيوية.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

يحتوي IBM InfoSphere BigInsights على ثغرة حرجة في التحقق من صحة الإدخال (CVSS 9.0) تؤثر على واجهات برمجية معينة. يمكن للمهاجمين استغلال هذه الثغرة للحصول على وصول غير مصرح به لقراءة أو كتابة أو تعديل أو حذف البيانات داخل بيئة BigInsights. توجد استغلالات نشطة دون وجود تصحيح رسمي متاح.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Feb 28, 2026 10:00
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations using IBM InfoSphere BigInsights for big data analytics, particularly in financial services, healthcare, and government sectors, face critical risk of data breaches and unauthorized data manipulation. The absence of an official patch combined with active exploits necessitates immediate compensating controls to protect sensitive data processed under PDPL requirements.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
القطاع المالي والمصرفي القطاع الصحي القطاع الحكومي قطاع الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات قطاع التعليم والبحث العلمي قطاع الطاقة والمرافق
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
1. Immediately isolate affected IBM InfoSphere BigInsights systems from untrusted networks and implement strict network segmentation with firewall rules allowing only authorized IP addresses to access BigInsights APIs
2. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) with custom rules to validate and sanitize all API inputs, blocking malformed requests and implementing strict input validation at the network perimeter until vendor patch becomes available
3. Enable comprehensive logging and monitoring for all API access attempts, implement real-time alerting for suspicious activities, conduct immediate security audit of all data access logs, and consider migrating to supported big data platforms with active security support
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
1. عزل أنظمة IBM InfoSphere BigInsights المتأثرة فوراً عن الشبكات غير الموثوقة وتطبيق تجزئة صارمة للشبكة مع قواعد جدار حماية تسمح فقط لعناوين IP المصرح بها بالوصول إلى واجهات برمجة التطبيقات
2. نشر جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) مع قواعد مخصصة للتحقق من صحة جميع مدخلات واجهات برمجة التطبيقات وتنقيتها، وحظر الطلبات المشوهة وتطبيق التحقق الصارم من المدخلات عند محيط الشبكة حتى يتوفر تصحيح من المورّد
3. تفعيل التسجيل والمراقبة الشاملة لجميع محاولات الوصول إلى واجهات برمجة التطبيقات، وتطبيق التنبيهات الفورية للأنشطة المشبوهة، وإجراء تدقيق أمني فوري لجميع سجلات الوصول إلى البيانات، والنظر في الترحيل إلى منصات بيانات ضخمة مدعومة بدعم أمني نشط
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC-1-2 (Vulnerability Management) ECC-2-1 (Network Security) ECC-3-1 (Data Security) ECC-4-1 (Logging and Monitoring) ECC-5-2 (Incident Management)
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA-CR-1.2 (Asset Management) SAMA-CR-2.3 (Vulnerability Management) SAMA-CR-3.1 (Data Security) SAMA-CR-4.2 (Access Control) SAMA-CR-5.1 (Security Monitoring)
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.6.1 (Management of Technical Vulnerabilities) A.13.1.1 (Network Controls) A.14.2.1 (Secure Development Policy) A.18.2.3 (Technical Compliance Review)
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
IBM:InfoSphere BigInsights
📊 CVSS Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Critical
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Critical
CVSS Score9.0
EPSS21.05%
Exploit ✓ Yes
Patch ✓ Yes
CISA KEV🇺🇸 Yes
KEV Due Date2022-06-15
Published 2022-05-25
Source Feed cisa_kev
Views 2
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: CRITICAL
🏷️ Tags
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