Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-4856

RCE

Title: Ibm Power 5 RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-4856.

CWE Category CWE-255

Published Date Dec 20, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.17%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-4856: The Service Processor in the IBM Power 5 91##-### and 940#-### before SF240_418_382 does not ensure that firewall code is executed, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Impacted Vendors

ibm 1

leagoo 1

Reference Links

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/squadrons_advisory.asc http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/194604 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79736 http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/squadrons_advisory.asc http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/194604 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79736

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-4856 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 20, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.