CVE-2013-0526

high

Published 2013-08-21 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.5

Description

ping.php in Global Console Manager 16 (GCM16) and Global Console Manager 32 (GCM32) before 1.20.0.22575 on the IBM Avocent 1754 KVM switch allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) count or (2) size parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-27706 remote hardware

Alejandro Alvarez Bravo · 2013-08-19

IBM 1754 GCM 1.18.0.22011 - Remote Command Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.