CVE-2005-0868 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 ex...

HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.7%

Published: 2005-03-26 07:00
Updated: 2026-06-17 01:11
Exploit status: No public exploit known

Description

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.

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
bosanova launcher400	All versions	No fix listed
ibm client access	All versions	No fix listed
mochasoft tn5250	All versions	No fix listed
powerterm interconnect	All versions	No fix listed

References

20050323 Backdoors in AS/400 emulations allow the server to attack connected PC workstations mailing-list
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CVSS v2.0

7.5 High

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality: Partial
Integrity: Partial
Availability: Partial

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 1.70% (percentile 77.6)
CWE: Not classified

Public exploit references

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No public exploit references known.