CVE-2012-2206

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77095

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21607481

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC82761

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-08-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.07716