CVE-2018-1998
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 11, 2019 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWebSphere MQMQ
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.0 through 9.1.1 could allow a local user to inject code that could be executed with root privileges. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1792. IBM X-ForceID: 154887.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154887x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10870488CVSS
8.8HIGHibm
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78
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