CVE-2012-4856 describes a critical vulnerability in the Service Processor of IBM Power 5 systems (91##-### and 940#-###) prior to firmware SF240_418_382, where the firewall code fails to execute properly. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.9, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring adjacent network access and medium attack complexity, but potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= sf240_418CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_5_system_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sf240_201_201CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_5_system_firmware:sf240_201_201:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sf240_202_201CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_5_system_firmware:sf240_202_201:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sf240_219_201CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_5_system_firmware:sf240_219_201:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sf240_222_201CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_5_system_firmware:sf240_222_201:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.