CVE-2016-5991 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct 4.5.00, 4.5.01, 4.6.0 before 4.6.0.6 iFix008, and 4.7.0 before 4.7.0.4 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-11-25

Score: 4.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:4.5:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:4.5.01:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:4.6:::::windows::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:4.7:::::windows::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6925	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct 4.5.00, 4.5.01, 4.6.0 before 4.6.0.6 iFix008, and 4.7.0 before 4.7.0.4 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16911
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989807
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94515

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Sterling Connect\

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2016-11-25T03:38:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:10.790Z

Reserved: 2016-06-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5991

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-25T03:59:13.783

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5991

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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