CVE-2015-1937

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-05-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

IBM PowerVC 1.2.0.x through 1.2.0.4, 1.2.1.x through 1.2.1.2, and 1.2.2.x through 1.2.2.2 does not require authentication for the ceilometer NoSQL database, which allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary database records, and consequently obtain administrator privileges, via a session on port 27017.

Affected products

IBM Powervc: 1.2.0.0, 1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.2, 1.2.0.3, 1.2.0.4, 1.2.1.0 (+5)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020731
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT08806
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74911
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020731
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT08806
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74911

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