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2 vulnerabilities found for Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix by IBM
CVE-2025-36137 (GCVE-0-2025-36137)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2025-10-30 18:53
Modified
2025-11-01 03:55
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Summary
IBM Sterling Connect Direct for Unix 6.2.0.7 through 6.2.0.9 iFix004, 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.0.2 iFix001, and 6.3.0.2 through 6.3.0.5 iFix002 incorrectly assigns permissions for maintenance tasks to Control Center Director (CCD) users that could allow a privileged user to escalate their privileges further due to unnecessary privilege assignment for post update scripts.
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix |
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CVE-2025-36137 (GCVE-0-2025-36137)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-30 18:53
Modified
2025-11-01 03:55
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Summary
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References
| URL | Tags | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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