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CVE-2025-33103

IBM i privilege escalation

Published: May 17, 2025Updated: Jun 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-250
8.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 72.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-250NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

IBM
commercial·USaka international business machines
iOn-prem
Operating Systems
IBM Corp.
commercial·USaka ibm corporation, ibm
IBM iOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7233799
ibm.com

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