VDB-88808 · CVE-2016-0230 · BID 91535

IBM Power Hardware Management Console up to 8.5.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Power Hardware Management Console up to 8.5.0. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-0230. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Power Hardware Management Console up to 8.5.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7.3 through 7.3.0 SP7, 7.9 through 7.9.0 SP3, 8.1 through 8.1.0 SP3, 8.2 through 8.2.0 SP2, 8.3 through 8.3.0 SP2, 8.4 through 8.4.0 SP1, and 8.5.0 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain root access via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 07/07/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0230 since 12/08/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 91535†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
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12/08/2015 🔍
07/01/2016 +206 days 🔍
07/07/2016 +6 days 🔍
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07/08/2016 +1 days 🔍
02/18/2019 +955 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-0230 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0230
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88808
SecurityFocus: 91535 - IBM Power Hardware Management CVE-2016-0230 Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2016 09:49
Updated: 02/18/2019 13:26
Changes: 07/08/2016 09:49 (47), 02/18/2019 13:26 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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