IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 Privilege Escalation via Invalid Security Key
CVE-2023-46176 Published on November 3, 2023

IBM MQ privilege escalation
IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper validation of security keys. IBM X-Force ID: 269535.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-46176 is exploitable with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Improper Protection of Alternate Path

The product does not sufficiently protect all possible paths that a user can take to access restricted functionality or resources.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-46176

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Affected Versions

IBM MQ Appliance Version 9.3 CD is affected by CVE-2023-46176

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
5.13%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.