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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00032.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Ibm
  • I

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-15589 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.
Fixes

Solution

The issue can be addressed by applying a PTF to IBM i. IBM i release 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2 will be fixed. The IBM i 5770-TC1 PTF numbers listed below resolve the vulnerability. IBM i Release 5770-TC1 PTF Number PTF Download Link 7.6 SJ05513 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05513 7.5 SJ05494 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05494 7.4 SJ05505 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05505 7.3 SJ05514 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05514 7.2 SJ05525 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05525

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7233799 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 19 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sat, 17 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title IBM i privilege escalation
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm i
Weaknesses CWE-250
CPEs 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm i
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-26T15:06:05.252Z

Reserved: 2025-04-15T17:50:40.774Z

Link: CVE-2025-33103

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-19T14:40:20.489Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-17T16:15:18.953

Modified: 2025-06-04T20:12:06.793

Link: CVE-2025-33103

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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