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TI-2012-01957 Aliases CVE-2012-2188GHSA-q2w7-cc4g-wqf2

IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7R3.5.0 before SP4, 7R7.1.0 and 7R7.2.0…

Priority LOW 32CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00347 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7r3.5.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.1.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.2.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.3.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:systems_director_management__console_firmware:6r7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6r7.3.0VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r3.5.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.1.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.2.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_hardware_management_console_firmware:7r7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.3.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:systems_director_management__console_firmware:6r7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6r7.3.0 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-2188
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q2w7-cc4g-wqf2

References

Advisory 5

Sources

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