Medium severity · published Feb 8, 2016
CVE-2015-2012
The MQXR service in WMQ Telemetry in IBM WebSphere MQ 7.1 before 7.1.0.7, 7.5 through 7.5.0.5, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.4 uses world-readable permissions for a cleartext file…
4.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The MQXR service in WMQ Telemetry in IBM WebSphere MQ 7.1 before 7.1.0.7, 7.5 through 7.5.0.5, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.4 uses world-readable permissions for a cleartext file containing the SSL keystore password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WM
Websphere MQ · Ibm
7.1.0.3; 7.1.0.4; 7.1.0.5; 7.1.0.6; 7.5; 7.5.0.2; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2012
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2012
www-01.ibm.com
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT09866
Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21968399
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034943
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