VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-4587

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-08-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references