Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct

CVE-2013-2989 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

The file-copying functionality in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct 3.8.00, 4.0.00, and 4.1.0 for UNIX on AIX 6.1 through 7.1 uses incorrect privileges, which allows local users to bypass filesystem read permissions and write permissions by leveraging authentication to the Connect:Direct product.

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