Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2020 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2020-4587

High 8.4

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Connect:Direct for UNIX from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0 is vulnerable to a stack based buffer ovreflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could manipulate CD UNIX to obtain root provileges. IBM X-Force ID: 184578.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX 4.2.04.3.0
IBM Connect:Direct for UNIX 6.1.06.0.0

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