Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2013-4374 is a legacy vulnerability in RHQ Mongo DB Drift Server involving insecure temporary file handling while unpacking zip files. The public bundle does not state the business impact, severity score, or fixed version, so urgency depends on whether this old component is still deployed and processing archives.
Executive priority
Prioritize as an inventory and legacy-risk question, not as a confirmed emergency. If the component is absent, risk is negligible; if present, assign remediation ownership because public severity and fix details are incomplete.
Technical view
The CVE describes an insecure temporary file vulnerability in RHQ Mongo DB Drift Server through 2013-09-25 during zipped file unpacking. No CVSS vector, CWE, exploit details, or concrete remediation version is included in the provided sources. Treat impact and attack prerequisites as unresolved until vendor records are reviewed.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to environments still running RHQ Mongo DB Drift Server versions through 2013-09-25. The bundle does not identify other products, packaged distributions, or default deployment conditions.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV inclusion and provides no cited evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability is tied to archive unpacking, but exploitability details and required attacker position are not documented here.
Researcher notes
Public metadata is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, exploit status, or fix version is present in the bundle. Analysis should stay bounded to insecure temporary file handling during zip unpacking in the named RHQ Mongo DB Drift Server versions.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory RHQ Mongo DB Drift Server deployments and confirm whether affected legacy versions remain in use.
- Check Red Hat CVE and Bugzilla records for vendor-confirmed fixes or workarounds.
- Retire or isolate affected legacy instances if they are no longer operationally required.
- Restrict archive-processing inputs to trusted sources until vendor guidance is confirmed.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed RHQ Mongo DB Drift Server version and whether it is through 2013-09-25.
- Identify workflows where the Drift Server unpacks zipped files.
- Review Red Hat advisory and Bugzilla records for exact affected builds and remediation guidance.
- Check operational logs for unexpected or untrusted archive unpacking activity.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4374CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4374CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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