Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PowerVM Hypervisor - CVE-2022-22445

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PowerVM Hypervisor - CVE-2022-22445

Published: July 18, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU65383
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22445
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PowerVM Hypervisor
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise partition firmware.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote user with service access to the FSP (POWER9 only) or admin authority to a partition can compromise partition firmware.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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