Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a legacy IBM Rational client-side directory traversal issue. A local user could read files they should not be able to access through temporary-file handling in affected Design Manager clients. The main business concern is sensitive file exposure on systems where these old clients remain installed. Exposure is most likely in organizations with legacy IBM Rational Design Manager or Rhapsody Design Manager client installations below 4.0.5. The described attacker position is local user access, so internet-facing exposure is not supported by the provided sources. Prioritize remediation where affected clients run on shared engineering systems or handle sensitive design artifacts. This is not presented as actively exploited, but unsupported legacy tooling can leave avoidable data exposure paths. Mitigation focus: Identify affected IBM Rational client installations below version 4.0.5.; Upgrade affected clients to 4.0.5 or vendor-supported fixed versions.; Review IBM advisory guidance for environment-specific remediation details..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- rhapsody-dm-cve20133043-client-dir-trav(84769)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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