What is CVE-2016-5879?

CVE-2016-5879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Mq Appliance Firmware, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-5879?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Ibm Mq Appliance Firmware

CVE-2016-5879

MQCLI 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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.004 (29.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Mq_appliance_firmware — versions 8.0
Ibm Mq_appliance_m2000
Ibm Mq_appliance_m2001
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Not Applicable, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5879?: CVE-2016-5879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Mq Appliance Firmware, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-5879?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.