CVE-2015-2012

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The MQXR service in WMQ Telemetry in IBM WebSphere MQ 7.1 before 7.1.0.7, 7.5 through 7.5.0.5, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.4 uses world-readable permissions for a cleartext file containing the SSL keystore password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Affected products

IBM Corporation WebSphere MQ: 7.1.0.3, 7.1.0.4, 7.1.0.5, 7.1.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.0.2 (+7)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT09866
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21968399
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034943
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT09866
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21968399
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034943

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