What is CVE-2013-4035?

CVE-2013-4035 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Sterling Connect, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2018-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2013-4035?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Sterling Connect

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 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.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2018-05-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Sterling Connect — versions 3.4.0.0, 3.4.0.1, 3.5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86138 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-sterling-connectdirect-for-openvm… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4035?: CVE-2013-4035 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Sterling Connect, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2018-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2013-4035?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.