CVE-2007-6705

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The WebSphere MQ XA 5.3 before FP13 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2.1 client for Windows, when running in an MTS or a COM+ environment, grants the PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE privilege to the Everyone group upon connection to a queue manager, which allows local users to duplicate an arbitrary handle and possibly hijack an arbitrary process.

Affected products

IBM Corporation WebSphere MQ: through 5.3; through 6.0.2.0

References

http://osvdb.org/43167
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019529
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC50431
http://osvdb.org/43167
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019529
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC50431

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