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CVE-2023-46176 (GCVE-0-2023-46176)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-03 00:06 – Updated: 2024-09-04 20:29
VLAI
Title
IBM MQ privilege escalation
Summary
IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper validation of security keys. IBM X-Force ID: 269535.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-04 20:27 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-424 - Improper Protection of Alternate Path
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM MQ Appliance Affected: 9.3 CD
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