CVE-2018-1998 is a local code injection vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere MQ versions 8.0.0.0 through 9.1.1, stemming from an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it allows a low-privileged local attacker to execute code with root privileges, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.0.0.0, <= 8.0.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0.0.0, <= 9.0.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.1.0.0, <= 9.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.