CVE-2016-5879

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5879
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-02 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-11-28 20:29:00 UTC
DescriptionMQCLI 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ibm Mq Appliance Firmware 8.0 All All All
Operating System Ibm Mq Appliance Firmware 8.0 All All All
Hardware Ibm Mq Appliance M2000 - All All All
Hardware Ibm Mq Appliance M2000 - All All All
Hardware Ibm Mq Appliance M2001 - All All All
Hardware Ibm Mq Appliance M2001 - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance potential execution of arbitrary commands (CVE-2016-5879) - United States CONFIRM www-01.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
IBM MQ Appliance CVE-2016-5879 Local Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed AIXAPAR www-01.ibm.com Not Applicable
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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