CVE-2014-4822 describes a vulnerability in IBM WebSphere MQ classes for Java libraries (versions 8.0 before 8.0.0.1) and WebSphere MQ Explorer (versions 7.5 before 7.5.0.5 and 8.0 before 8.0.0.2) that allows local users to discover preconfigured cleartext passwords. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq_explorer:7.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq_explorer:7.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq_explorer:7.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq_explorer:7.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.