CVE-2016-5879 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

MQCLI on IBM MQ Appliance M2000 and M2001 devices allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted (1) Disaster Recovery or (2) High Availability command.

Published: 2016-09-02

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:mq_appliance_firmware:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:h:ibm:mq_appliance_m2000:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:ibm:mq_appliance_m2001:-:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6813	MQCLI on IBM MQ Appliance M2000 and M2001 devices allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted (1) Disaster Recovery or (2) High Availability command.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00038.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16174
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987697
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92538

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Mq Appliance Firmware Mq Appliance M2000 Mq Appliance M2001

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2016-09-02T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:10.835Z

Reserved: 2016-06-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5879

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-02T14:59:08.160

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5879

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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