High severity · published Sep 29, 2022
CVE-2012-2201
IBM WebSphere MQ 7.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when handling user ids
7.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM WebSphere MQ 7.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when handling user ids. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the security configuration setup on a SVRCONN channel and flood the queue manager.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WM
Websphere MQ · Ibm
7.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2201
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2201
Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76799
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