CVE-2016-0230

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

IBM Hardware Management Console - Power Systems: 7.9.0, 7.9.0-sp1, 7.9.0-sp2, 7.9.0-sp3, 8.1.0, 8.1.0-sp1 (+16)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021387
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04021
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04022
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04023
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04024
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04025
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04026
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04027
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91535
https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/HMA/069vc/2/MH01635.readme.html
https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/HMA/069y2/1/MH01636.readme.html
https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/HMA/06a1r/2/MH01638.readme.html

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