CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2188

7.2 HIGH Published 2012-08-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-08-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-264

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.

Affected configurations

• ibm power hardware management console firmware 7r3.5.0 • ibm power hardware management console firmware 7r7.1.0 • ibm power hardware management console firmware 7r7.2.0 • ibm power hardware management console firmware 7r7.3.0 • ibm systems director management console firmware 6r7.3.0

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References