Medium severity · published Nov 18, 2020
CVE-2020-4592
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1.CD and LTS could allow an authenticated user, under nondefault configuration to cause a data corruption attack due to an error when using segmented messages
6.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1.CD and LTS could allow an authenticated user, under nondefault configuration to cause a data corruption attack due to an error when using segmented messages.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
MQ Appliance · Ibm
9.1.0.0; 9.1.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4592
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4592
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184755
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6359019
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