CVE-2025-36137 (GCVE-0-2025-36137)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-30 18:53
Modified
2025-11-01 03:55
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix Version: 6.2.0.7   ≤ 6.2.0.9 iFix004
Version: 6.4.0.0   ≤ 6.4.0.2 iFix001
Version: 6.3.0.2   ≤ 6.3.0.5 iFix002
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:6.2.0.7:*:*:*:*:unix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:6.2.0.9:ifix004:*:*:*:unix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:6.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:unix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:6.4.0.2.:ifix001:*:*:*:unix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:6.3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:6.3.0.5.:ifix002:*:*:*:unix:*:*
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