CVE-2007-6705: IBM WebSphere Mq

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The WebSphere MQ XA 5.3 before FP13 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2.1 client for Windows, when running in an MTS or a COM+ environment, grants the PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE privilege to the Everyone group upon connection to a queue manager, which allows local users to duplicate an arbitrary handle and possibly hijack an arbitrary process.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Mq: up to and including 5.3; up to and including 6.0.2.0

Published 2008-03-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.