# CVE-2007-6294: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Attackers can gain elevated privileges on IBM Hardware Management Console by exploiting vulnerabilities in specific HMC commands.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Dec 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pr4w-j83m-x9cq

## What is CVE-2007-6294?

CVE-2007-6294 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Dec 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) 3 R3.7 allow attackers to gain privileges via "some HMC commands."

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6294?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Hardware Management Console.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-6294?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-6294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2009-0178](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0178/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-6293](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6293/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-12943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12943/): This Power Hardware Management Console update is being released to address (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-1950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1950/): IBM Hardware Management Console - Power Systems command execution (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2009-1806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1806/): Other in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-6294 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-6294 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Dec 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6294/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6294/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6294
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6294
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6294

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