CVE-2005-0868 (GCVE-0-2005-0868)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-03-26 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 21:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.venera.com/downloads/Attack_5250_termi… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111160242803070&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
Date Public
2005-03-23 00:00
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