Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-5612 · published 21 November 2007

CVE-2007-5612: Ibm director vulnerability

Ibm · Director

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.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.4% · top 16.7% CWE-399 · CWE-399

7.8CVSS 2.0 base score

2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

14References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Director Ibm

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27752	PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018985
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512193	US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-78YMXE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26509	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3942
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38583
http://secunia.com/advisories/27752	PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018985
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512193	US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-78YMXE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26509	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3942
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38583

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-5612), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.