CVE-2016-0230 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2016-0230?

CVE-2016-0230 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jul 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7.3 through 7.3.0 SP7, 7.9 through 7.9.0 SP3, 8.1 through 8.1.0 SP3, 8.2 through 8.2.0 SP2, 8.3 through 8.3.0 SP2, 8.4 through 8.4.0 SP1, and 8.5.0 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain root access via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0230?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Hardware Management Console.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0230?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0230 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-0230 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0230 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2009-0178 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2007-6293 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2026-12943 This Power Hardware Management Console update is being released to address Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-1950 IBM Hardware Management Console - Power Systems command execution Critical 9.3
• CVE-2009-1806 Other in n/a Critical 9.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-pxf8-85w5-w34j.