CVE-2018-1998 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.0 through 9.1.1 could allow a local user to inject code that could be executed with root privileges. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1792. IBM X-ForceID: 154887.

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.0 through 9.1.1 could allow a local user to inject code that could be executed with root privileges. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1792. IBM X-ForceID: 154887.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-03-11 22:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-09 23:39:00

Affected Software

IBM WebSphere MQ

References

ibm-websphere-cve20181998-priv-escalation(154887)

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10870488

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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