Vulnerability: Arbitrary Command Execution via AS/400 Telnet 5250 Terminal Emulation Clients

CVE-2005-0868 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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