CVE-2008-1592 — MQSeries 5.1 in IBM WebSphere MQ 5.1 through 5.3.1 on the HP NonStop and Tandem NSK platforms does not require mqm group membership for execution of administrative tasks, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via the runmqsc program, related to "Pathway panels."

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MQSeries 5.1 in IBM WebSphere MQ 5.1 through 5.3.1 on the HP NonStop and Tandem NSK platforms does not require mqm group membership for execution of administrative tasks, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via the runmqsc program, related to "Pathway panels."

Published Mar 31, 2008

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.38%

Description

MQSeries 5.1 in IBM WebSphere MQ 5.1 through 5.3.1 on the HP NonStop and Tandem NSK platforms does not require mqm group membership for execution of administrative tasks, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via the runmqsc program, related to "Pathway panels."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.38% 0.00383

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00383

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.38% (0.00383)	29.90th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.38% (0.00383)	29.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00064)	17.17th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.59% (0.01592)	75.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Mar 4, 2023	1.59% (0.01592)	75.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.59% (0.01592)	73.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.59% (0.01592)	52.35th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/29360
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019610
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21297035
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28235
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0869
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29360		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019610		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21297035		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28235		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0869		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 31, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 31, 2008

Link CVE-2008-1592

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-1592

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-1592