CVE-2013-4035
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for OpenVMS 3.4.00, 3.4.01, 3.5.00, 3.6.0, and 3.6.0.1 allow remote...
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for OpenVMS 3.4.00, 3.4.01, 3.5.00, 3.6.0, and 3.6.0.1 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to reject client requests for an unencrypted session when used as the server in a TCP/IP session and configured for SSL encryption with the client. IBM X-Force ID: 86138.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for OpenVMS 3.4.00, 3.4.01, 3.5.00, 3.6.0, and 3.6.0.1 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to reject client requests for an unencrypted session when used as the server in a TCP/IP session and configured for SSL encryption with the client. IBM X-Force ID: 86138.
- Record
CVE-2013-4035- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.1 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-310
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for OpenVMS 3.4.00, 3.4.01, 3.5.00, 3.6.0, and 3.6.0.1 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to reject client requests for an unencrypted session when used as the server in a TCP/IP session and configured for SSL encryption with the client. IBM X-Force ID: 86138.
- Record
CVE-2013-4035- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-3966 No score
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for OpenVMS 3.4.00, 3.4.01, 3.5.00, 3.6.0, and 3.6.0.1 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to reject client requests for an unencrypted session when used as the server in a TCP/IP session and configured for SSL encryption with the client. IBM X-Force ID: 86138.
- Record
EUVD-2013-3966- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v7x6-hr5c-3859
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for OpenVMS 3.4.00, 3.4.01, 3.5.00, 3.6.0, and 3.6.0.1 allow remote...
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for OpenVMS 3.4.00, 3.4.01, 3.5.00, 3.6.0, and 3.6.0.1 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to reject client requests for an unencrypted session when used as the server in a TCP/IP session and configured for SSL encryption with the client. IBM X-Force ID: 86138.
- Record
GHSA-v7x6-hr5c-3859- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-4035 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Ibm Sterling Connect, published May 1, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86138
ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-sterling-connectdirect-for-openvms-unencrypted-data-transfers-can-occur-even-when-ssl-encryption-is-specified-in-the-security-configuration-cve-2013-4035
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4035
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v7x6-hr5c-3859