CVE-2013-5373

medium

Published 2013-09-25 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.9

Description

The RemoteClient component in IBM Rational ClearCase 8.0.0.03 through 8.0.0.07, and 8.0.1, uses world-writable permissions for the rcleartool script, which allows local users to gain privileges by appending commands.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	rational_clearcase	`8.0.0.3`
ibm	rational_clearcase	`8.0.0.4`
ibm	rational_clearcase	`8.0.0.5`
ibm	rational_clearcase	`8.0.0.6`
ibm	rational_clearcase	`8.0.0.7`
ibm	rational_clearcase	`8.0.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.