Sterling Control Center
CVE-2013-2968
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, buffer size validation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, M complexity. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.43%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An unspecified buffer-read method in IBM Sterling Control Center (SCC) 5.2 before 5.2.0.9, 5.3 before 5.3.0.4, and 5.4 through 5.4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. An unspecified buffer-read method in IBM Sterling Control Center (SCC) 5.2 before 5.2.0.9, 5.3 before 5.3.0.4, and 5.4 through 5.4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a large file that lacks end-of-line characters. Affected products include: Ibm Sterling Control Center. Version information: before 5.2.0.9.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
An unspecified buffer-read method in IBM Sterling Control Center (SCC) 5.2 before 5.2.0.9, 5.3 before 5.3.0.4, and 5.4 through 5.4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a large file that lacks end-of-line characters.
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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