CVE-2015-1992
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Systems Director 5.2.x, 6.1.x, 6.2.0.x, 6.2.1.x, 6.3.0.0, 6.3.1.x, 6.3.2.x, 6.3.3.x, 6.3.5.0, and 6.3.6.0 improperly processes events, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIBM Systems Director versions 5.2.x through 6.3.6.0 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability where improper event processing allows local unprivileged users to gain elevated (administrative) privileges on the system. The attack vector is local, requiring no initial privileges, but does require the attacker to have local system access.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 5.20= 6.3.0.0= 6.3.1.0= 6.3.1.1= 6.3.2.0= 6.3.2.1= 6.3.2.2= 6.3.3.0= 6.3.3.1= 6.3.5.0= 6.3.6.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify IBM Systems Director is installedLook for IBM Systems Director in the list of installed programs (Windows: Add/Remove Programs, Linux: rpm -qa or dpkg -l | grep -i director)Affected if IBM Systems Director is found on the system
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Identify the installed versionCheck the installed version of IBM Systems Director - common locations include the installation directory, or use system information utilities that enumerate installed softwareAffected if The version matches any of these: 5.20, 6.3.0.0, 6.3.1.0, 6.3.1.1, 6.3.2.0, 6.3.2.1, 6.3.2.2, 6.3.3.0, 6.3.3.1, 6.3.5.0, 6.3.6.0, or falls within the 5.2.x to 6.3.6.0 range
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Confirm local system access exposureDetermine if unprivileged users have local system access to the machine where IBM Systems Director is installedAffected if Untrusted or unprivileged local users can access the system
If IBM Systems Director version 5.20, 6.3.0.0 through 6.3.6.0 is installed and the system allows local access by unprivileged users, the environment is affected by this privilege escalation vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply IBM's vendor patches/updates for IBM Systems Director to the latest supported version, or implement compensating controls such as restricting local system access to trusted users and monitoring for privilege escalation attempts.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-1992 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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