CVE-2019-4078 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere MQ versions 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.0.9 and 9.0.0.0 through 9.1.1. It allows a local, unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code as an administrator due to incorrect permissions on MQ installation directories. The CVSSv3.1 score of 7.8 indicates a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited or widely known.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.0.0.0, <= 8.0.0.11CPE 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:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.1.0.0, <= 9.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:9.1.1:*:*:*:continuous_delivery:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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.