CIM Server in IBM Director 5.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
Priority LOW 39CWE-399Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02393 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions; up to 5.20.1 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.1 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.10 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.10.3 | Vulnerable | IBM |
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions; up to 5.20.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.3 Vulnerable ·IBM
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-5612
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9xmr-23qw-g3q8
References
Advisory 1
More IBM Director vulnerabilities
- TI-2009-00838 Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2009-00837 The CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2006-04527 Directory traversal vulnerability in Redirect.bat in IBM Director before 5.10 allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2006-04529 IBM Director before 5.10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from HTTP headers via HTTP TRACE. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2006-04528 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in IBM Director before 5.10 allow remote attackers… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-2007-5612 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-5612 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9xmr-23qw-g3q8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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