Riskcovery

CVE-2025-36137

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX command execution

State
Published
Severity
7.2 High
Published
Oct 30, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Reserved
Apr 15, 2025

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hibm

Weaknesses

  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Sterling Connect:Direct for UnixIBM
  • 6.2.0.7 through 6.2.0.9 iFix004Affected
  • 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.0.2 iFix001Affected
  • 6.3.0.2 through 6.3.0.5 iFix002Affected

References

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