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GHSA-P2QW-P488-W89R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-17 18:30 – Updated: 2025-05-17 18:30

Details

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)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-33103 (GCVE-0-2025-33103)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-17 16:02 – Updated: 2025-08-26 15:06

Summary

Severity ?

8.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Assigner

ibm

References

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

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	IBM	i	Affected: 7.2 Affected: 7.3 Affected: 7.4 Affected: 7.5 Affected: 7.6 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:::::::*

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2025-33103 (GCVE-0-2025-33103)

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