Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in IBM Hardware Management Console for POWER5 Servers
CVE-2005-0539

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
IBM
Status
Hardware Management Console
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 May 2005

Summary

A localized privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) prior to version 4.4 for POWER5 servers. This issue could allow local users to gain elevated privileges through an exploit related to the Guided Setup Wizard. Ensuring your HMC is up-to-date is crucial to mitigating this risk and protecting server resources.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/14377
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http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/hmc/power5/fix...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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