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Vigil@nce: WebSphere MQ, privilege elevation via setmqaut, dmpmqaut and dspmqaut
March 2009 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can use the setmqaut, dmpmqaut and dspmqaut
commands in order to obtain WebSphere MQ privileges.
Gravity: 2/4
Consequences: administrator access/rights
Provenance: user shell
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 24/02/2009
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– IBM WebSphere MQ
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The setmqaut command grants and revokes authorizations. The
dmpmqaut command dumps authorizations. The dspmqaut command
displays authorizations.
Those three commands have a vulnerability which can be used by a
local attacker to elevate his privileges.
Technical details are unknown.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: BID-33857, CVE-2009-0439, IZ40824, VIGILANCE-VUL-8488
