CVE-2007-5612

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-11-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

CIM Server in IBM Director 5.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption, connection slot exhaustion, and daemon crash) via a large number of idle connections.

Affected products

IBM Director: through 5.20.1; 3.1, 5.10, 5.10.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/27752
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018985
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512193
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-78YMXE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26509
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3942
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38583
http://secunia.com/advisories/27752
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018985
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512193
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-78YMXE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26509

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