CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-2188

Published: Aug 06, 2012 | Modified: Aug 29, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7R3.5.0 before SP4, 7R7.1.0 and 7R7.2.0 before 7R7.2.0 SP3, and 7R7.3.0 before SP2, and Systems Director Management Console (SDMC) 6R7.3.0 before SP2, does not properly restrict the VIOS viosrvcmd command, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving a (1) $ (dollar sign) or (2) & (ampersand) character.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Power_hardware_management_console_firmware Ibm 7r3.5.0 (including) 7r3.5.0 (including)
Power_hardware_management_console_firmware Ibm 7r7.1.0 (including) 7r7.1.0 (including)
Power_hardware_management_console_firmware Ibm 7r7.2.0 (including) 7r7.2.0 (including)
Power_hardware_management_console_firmware Ibm 7r7.3.0 (including) 7r7.3.0 (including)
Systems_director_management__console_firmware Ibm 6r7.3.0 (including) 6r7.3.0 (including)

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