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CVE-2012-2188

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
06/08/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:systems_director_management__console_firmware:6r7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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