CVE-2012-2206

low

Published 2012-08-17 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.5

Description

The Web Gateway component in IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition 7.0.4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read files of arbitrary users via vectors involving a username in a URI, as demonstrated by a modified metadata=fteSamplesUser field to the /transfer URI.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-20478 webapps windows

Nir Valtman · 2012-08-13

IBM Websphere MQ File Transfer Edition Web Gateway - Insufficient Access Control

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	websphere_mq	`7.0`
ibm	websphere_mq	`7.0.0.1`
ibm	websphere_mq	`7.0.1.0`
ibm	websphere_mq	`7.0.2.0`
ibm	websphere_mq	`7.0.2.2`
ibm	websphere_mq	`7.0.4`
ibm	websphere_mq	`7.0.4.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.