github - ghsa-4c6m-gmp8-84fq

ghsa-4c6m-gmp8-84fq

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-10-30 21:30

Modified

2025-10-30 21:30

Severity ?

7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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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  "published": "2025-10-30T21:30:46Z",
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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 ?

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.

References

URL

Tags

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7249678

vendor-advisory, patch

Impacted products

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	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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