IBM PowerVM Hypervisor up to FW950.90/FW1030.60/FW1050.20/FW1060.10 HMC information expsure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor up to FW950.90/FW1030.60/FW1050.20/FW1060.10. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HMC. The manipulation leads to information expsure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-41781. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor up to FW950.90/FW1030.60/FW1050.20/FW1060.10. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component HMC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information expsure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-497. The product does not properly prevent sensitive system-level information from being accessed by unauthorized actors who do not have the same level of access to the underlying system as the product does. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM PowerVM Platform KeyStore (IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW950.00 through FW950.90, FW1030.00 through FW1030.60, FW1050.00 through FW1050.20, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.10 functionality can be compromised if an attacker gains service access to the HMC. An attacker that gains service access to the HMC can locate and through a series of service procedures decrypt data contained in the Platform KeyStore.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-41781 since 07/22/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack can only be done within the local network. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information expsure
CWE: CWE-497
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/15/2025 +266 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-41781 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-41781
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-285839

Entryinfo

Created: 11/22/2024 13:52
Updated: 08/15/2025 19:56
Changes: 11/22/2024 13:52 (63), 02/23/2025 13:58 (3), 08/15/2025 19:56 (12)
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