CVE-2024-41771
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-41771 is a high-severity Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522) vulnerability in Ibm Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 31.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AU-13 (Monitoring for Information Disclosure).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-41771 is a vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next versions 7.0.2, 7.0.3, and 7.1 that allows a remote attacker to download temporary files, potentially exposing application logic or other sensitive information. The issue is classified under CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials) and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high confidentiality impact with network accessibility, low attack complexity, and no requirements for privileges or user interaction.
A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability over the network with minimal effort to access and download temporary files from the affected DOORS Next instances. Successful exploitation enables the disclosure of sensitive data, such as application logic or other confidential information contained in those files, without impacting integrity or availability.
IBM has published a security advisory detailing the vulnerability and mitigation steps at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7184663. Security practitioners should review this bulletin for patch availability and apply updates to affected versions promptly to prevent unauthorized access to temporary files.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5584
Vulnerability details
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next 7.0.2, 7.0.3, and 7.1 could allow a remote attacker to download temporary files which could expose application logic or other sensitive information.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Vulnerability in public-facing web application (DOORS Next) allows remote unauthenticated download of sensitive temporary files, directly enabling exploitation of public-facing apps (T1190) and facilitating access to data from local system files (T1005).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates CVE-2024-41771 by requiring identification, reporting, and timely correction of the flaw allowing unauthorized download of temporary files containing sensitive information.
Enforces approved authorizations to logically prevent remote unauthenticated access and download of temporary files exposing application logic or sensitive data.
Monitors the system specifically for unauthorized information disclosure events, such as remote downloads of temporary files containing sensitive information.