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Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-2947

CVE-2025-2947

IBM i — IBM i privilege escalation

EPSS 0.4%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
37
CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 38.4.384 × 207.7No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

IBM i 7.6  contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect profile swapping in an OS command.  A malicious actor can use the command to elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
i7.6–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
ibm (CNA)7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

patchibm.com/support/pages/node/7231025