CVE-2025-33103 (GCVE-0-2025-33103)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-17 16:02 – Updated: 2025-08-26 15:06
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
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