CVE-2015-1985 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM MQ M2000 appliances prior to version 8.0.0.4. An attacker with local access could bypass password requirements to read private keys by exploiting the presence of a stash file. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.6, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local user privileges, but potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq_appliance_m2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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