CVE-2015-7462
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.4 on IBM i platforms allows local users to discover cleartext certificate...
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.4 on IBM i platforms allows local users to discover cleartext certificate-keystore passwords within MQ trace output by leveraging administrator privileges to execute the mqcertck program.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.4 on IBM i platforms allows local users to discover cleartext certificate-keystore passwords within MQ trace output by leveraging administrator privileges to execute the mqcertck program.
- Record
CVE-2015-7462- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.4 on IBM i platforms allows local users to discover cleartext certificate-keystore passwords within MQ trace output by leveraging administrator privileges to execute the mqcertck program.
- Record
CVE-2015-7462- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-7386 No score
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.4 on IBM i platforms allows local users to discover cleartext certificate-keystore passwords within MQ trace output by leveraging administrator privileges to execute the mqcertck program.
- Record
EUVD-2015-7386- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2h82-jg6m-gm26
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.4 on IBM i platforms allows local users to discover cleartext certificate...
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.4 on IBM i platforms allows local users to discover cleartext certificate-keystore passwords within MQ trace output by leveraging administrator privileges to execute the mqcertck program.
- Record
GHSA-2h82-jg6m-gm26- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-7462 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Ibm Websphere Mq, published June 19, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.