CVE-2016-0230

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Published 2016-07-07 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
67%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/HMA/06a2q/1/MH01640.readme.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/HMA/06a1v/2/MH01639.readme.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/HMA/06a1r/2/MH01638.readme.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/HMA/069y2/1/MH01636.readme.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/HMA/069vc/2/MH01635.readme.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04027

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04026

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04025

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04024

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04023

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04022

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1MB04021

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021387

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmhardware_management_console7.9.0
ibmhardware_management_console8.1.0
ibmhardware_management_console8.2.0
ibmhardware_management_console8.3.0
ibmhardware_management_console7.3.0
ibmhardware_management_console8.4.0
ibmhardware_management_console8.5.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.