# CVE-2005-0868: AS/400 Telnet 5250 terminal emulation clients, as implemented by (1) IBM client access, (2) Bosanova, (3) PowerTerm, (4) Mochasoft, and poss

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-03-26 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.venera.com/downloads/Attack_5250_terminal_emulations_from_iSeries_server.pdf
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111160242803070&w=2

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