CVE-2012-2188
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2182)
- Published
- August 6, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2182 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / power hardware management console firmware
- ibm / power hardware management console firmware
- ibm / power hardware management console firmware
- ibm / power hardware management console firmware
- ibm / systems director management console firmware
References
- http://www.ibm.com/connections/blogs/PSIRT/entry/security_bulletin_power_hmc_viosrvcmd_command_allows_elevated_privilege_on_vios_cve_2012_218825(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB03548
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB03550
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB03554
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB03580
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75906
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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