CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-4587
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-08-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
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 configurations
• ibm connect\ direct
• ibm sterling connect\ direct
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184578 VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6320317 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184578 VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6320317 Vendor Advisory