FKIE_CVE-2025-36244

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-16 15:15 - Updated: 2025-10-17 14:34
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1, when configured to use Kerberos network authentication, could allow a local user to write to files on the system with root privileges due to improper initialization of critical variables.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7245092Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm vios 3.1
ibm vios 4.1
ibm aix 7.2
ibm aix 7.3
ibm aix -
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