What is CVE-2018-1998?

CVE-2018-1998 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Mq, classified under OS Command Injection. 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.

RCE 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.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th 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 — versions 9.0.0.3, 8.0.0.4, 8.0.0.10
Ibm Websphere_mq

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1998?: CVE-2018-1998 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Mq, classified under OS Command Injection. 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.