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CVE-2005-0868

AS/400 Telnet 5250 terminal emulation clients, as implemented by (1) IBM client access, (2) Bosanova, (3) PowerTerm, (4) Mochasoft, and possibly other emulations, allows malicious AS/400 servers to execute arbitrary commands via a STRPCO (Start PC Organizer) command followed by STRPCCMD (Start PC command), as demonstrated by creating a backdoor account using REXEC.

Published

2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application bosanova launcher400 * Yes
Application ibm client_access * Yes
Application mochasoft tn5250 * Yes
Application powerterm interconnect * Yes
References