8.8

CVE-2018-1998: ibm mq OS Command Injection

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
Published 11-03-2019Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1998 is a high (CVSS 8.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in ibm mq. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-03-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.0 through 9.1.1 could allow a local user to inject code that could be executed with root privileges. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1792. IBM X-ForceID: 154887.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm2 products
  • mqEOL9.0.0.1 | 8.0.0.1 | 8.0.0.2 | 8.0.0.3 | 8.0.0.4 | 8.0.0.5 | 8.0.0.6 | 8.0.0.7 | 9.0.0.2 | 8.0.0.8 | 8.0.0.9 | 9.0.0.3 | 8.0.0.0 | 8.0.0.10 | 9.0.0.0 | 9.0.0.4 | 9.0.0.5 | 9.1.1
  • websphere_mq≥ 8.0.0.0, ≤ 8.0.0.10 | ≥ 9.0.0.0, ≤ 9.0.0.5 | ≥ 9.1.0.0, ≤ 9.1.0.1

1 vendor · 2 products

References

2 links