What is CVE-2018-1998?

CVE-2018-1998 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Mq. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-1998?

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

Vulnerability in Ibm Mq

CVE-2018-1998

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (27.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Ibm Mq — versions 9.0.0.3, 8.0.0.4, 8.0.0.10

References

ibm-websphere-cve20181998-priv-escalation(154887) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1998?: CVE-2018-1998 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Mq. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-1998?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.