CVE-2012-2188 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2012-2188

IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7R3.5.0 before SP4, 7R7.1.0...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

power hardware management console firmware, systems director management console firmware
Vulnerable Versions:
7r3.5.0, 7r7.1.0, 7r7.2.0, 7r7.3.0, 6r7.3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 6th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.