Vulnerability in IBM Power 5
CVE-2012-4856
The Service Processor in the IBM Power 5 91##-### and 940#-### before SF240_418_382 does not ensure that firewall code is executed, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.9 (High). Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (66.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- IBM Power 5 — versions 9110-51a, 9110-510, 9111-285
- IBM Power 5 System Firmware — versions sf240_201_201, sf240_202_201, sf240_219_201
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/squadrons_advisory.asc (Vendor Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/194604 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79736 (vdb-entry)