Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU85919

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in IBM MQ - CVE-2020-4682

Published: January 31, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU85919

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4682

CWE-ID: CWE-502

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Affected software

IBM MQ
IBM Disconnected Log Collector

How to mitigate CVE-2020-4682

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Disconnected Log Collector - update to 1.8.3

External References

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