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CVE-2020-4587

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

• IBM Connect:Direct: 6.0.0, 6.1.0
• IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX: 4.2.0, 4.3.0

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184578
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6320317
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184578
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6320317

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