Information disclosure in IBM MQ

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU9615

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1760

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to valid MQSC command injection. A local attacker can execute valid MQSC command, cause the queue manager agent thread to crash and expose arbitrary data.

Mitigation

Update to version 8.0.0.7, 9.0.0.2 or 9.0.4.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM MQ: 7.5 - 9.0.5

External links

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22005392&myns=swgws&mynp=OCSSYHRD&a...

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.