CVE-2019-4620

HIGH

IBM MQ Appliance <9.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0 and 9.0 LTS could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions caused by improper validation of environment variables. IBM X-Force ID: 168863.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1125891
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168863

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 27.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
ibm/mq_appliance 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.14
ibm/mq_appliance 9.1.0 - 9.1.4
ibm/mq_appliance 9.1.0.0 - 9.1.0.4
Published Jan 28, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026