CVE-2016-6089 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere MQ versions 9.0.0.1 and 9.0.2, allowing an authenticated local user to write to or delete files in unauthorized directories due to improper access controls. With a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to high integrity impact without user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:9.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.