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CVE-2019-4520

IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a...

7.5 High

CVE-2019-4520 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Ibm Security Directory Server, published October 2, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.22%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 3.0, CVE List
Exploit chance
2.22%EPSS, 82nd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 165178.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.22%Down 3.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

CVE List Score used7.5

IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 165178.

Record
CVE-2019-4520
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AC:L/UI:N/PR:N/A:N/I:N/AV:N/S:U/C:H/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-141277.5

IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 165178.

Record
EUVD-2019-14127
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AC:L/UI:N/PR:N/A:N/I:N/AV:N/S:U/C:H/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gq9m-8c7h-8jr87.5

IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a...

IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 165178.

Record
GHSA-gq9m-8c7h-8jr8
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-307
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD7.5

IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 165178.

Record
CVE-2019-4520
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-307
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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References

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