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GHSA-4C6M-GMP8-84FQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-30 21:30 – Updated: 2025-10-30 21:30

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.

Severity ?

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-36137 (GCVE-0-2025-36137)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-30 18:53 – Updated: 2025-11-01 03:55

Summary

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

Assigner

ibm

References

URL

Tags

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

vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

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	IBM	Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix	Affected: 6.2.0.7 , ≤ 6.2.0.9 iFix004 (semver) Affected: 6.4.0.0 , ≤ 6.4.0.2 iFix001 (semver) Affected: 6.3.0.2 , ≤ 6.3.0.5 iFix002 (semver) 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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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-4C6M-GMP8-84FQ

CVE-2025-36137 (GCVE-0-2025-36137)

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