CVE-2013-2989: IBM Sterling Connect

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• IBM Sterling Connect: version 3.8.00 only; version 4.0.00 only; version 4.1.0.0 only

Published 2013-05-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.