HIGH
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
Published Nov 21, 2007
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.39%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.39% 0.02393
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02393
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.39% (0.02393) | 83.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.39% (0.02393) | 81.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.67% (0.02667) | 84.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.85% (0.02855) | 90.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 5.19% (0.05188) | 93.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 24, 2024 | 6.24% (0.06239) | 93.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 24, 2024 | 5.09% (0.05094) | 92.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2024 | 4.77% (0.04766) | 92.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 3, 2024 | 6.51% (0.06509) | 93.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.37% (0.03374) | 89.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27752 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018985 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512193 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-78YMXE x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26509 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3942 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38583 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27752 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018985 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512193 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-78YMXE | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26509 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3942 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38583 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner certcc
Published Nov 21, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 21, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5612
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a