CVE-2007-6705

WebSphere MQ XA <5.3 FP13 & <6.0.2.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The WebSphere MQ XA 5.3 before FP13 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2.1 client for Windows, when running in an MTS or a COM+ environment, grants the PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE privilege to the Everyone group upon connection to a queue manager, which allows local users to duplicate an arbitrary handle and possibly hijack an arbitrary process.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019529
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/43167
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_aixapar
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC50431

Scores

EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 19.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
ibm/websphere_mq < 5.3
ibm/websphere_mq < 6.0.2.0
Published Mar 09, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026