CVE-2019-4520

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Published Oct 2, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Security Directory Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.4.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_directory_server:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-14127	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.2% (2.224% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165178
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1077045

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Security Directory Server

Weaknesses

CWE-307

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:18 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Oct 2, 2019, 2:45 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:18 AM
Reserved: Jan 3, 2019, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:36 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 2, 2019, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:36 AM

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