IBM HMC V10.2/10.3 Privilege Escalation via Unnecessary Cmd Exec
CVE-2025-1951 Published on April 22, 2025

IBM Hardware Management Console - Power Systems command execution
IBM Hardware Management Console - Power Systems V10.2.1030.0 and V10.3.1050.0 could allow a local user to execute commands as a privileged user due to execution of commands with unnecessary privileges.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-1951 can be exploited with local system access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Exploitation:
NONE
Automatable:
NO
Technical Impact:
TOTAL
Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

The software performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-1951

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Affected Versions

IBM Hardware Management Console - Power Systems:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.22%
Percentile
13.06%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.