CVE-2011-1378 — IBM WebSphere MQ 6.0 on OpenVMS, when the default rights of the MQM group are established, does not properly verify User Authorization File (UAF) data, which allows local users to kill listener processes and the command server via a control command

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IBM WebSphere MQ 6.0 on OpenVMS, when the default rights of the MQM group are established, does not properly verify User Authorization File (UAF) data, which allows local users to kill listener processes and the command server via a control command

Published Nov 26, 2011

1.9

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.28%

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 6.0 on OpenVMS, when the default rights of the MQM group are established, does not properly verify User Authorization File (UAF) data, which allows local users to kill listener processes and the command server via a control command.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.28% 0.00278

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

EPSS probability 0.00278

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.28% (0.00278)	18.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.30% (0.00303)	21.73th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00051)	13.12th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 8, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/46837
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC78034
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71336
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/46837		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC78034		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71336		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 26, 2011

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Mar 10, 2011

Link CVE-2011-1378

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2011-1378

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2011-1378