CVE-2007-5612 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the CIM Server in IBM Director 5.20.1 and earlier versions. Remote attackers can exploit this by establishing a large number of idle connections, leading to high CPU consumption, exhaustion of connection slots, and daemon crashes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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