CVE-2025-4971 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Broadcom Automic
Automation Agent Unix versions <
24.3.0 HF4 and < 21.0.13 HF1 allow low privileged users who have execution
rights on the agent executable to escalate their privileges.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00391.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25732
https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2025-01.txt

History

Tue, 20 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix versions < 24.3.0 HF4 and < 21.0.13 HF1 allow low privileged users who have execution rights on the agent executable to escalate their privileges.
Title		Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix privilege escalation
Weaknesses		CWE-426
References		https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25732 https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2025-01.txt
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ca

Published: 2025-05-19T23:42:23.173Z

Updated: 2025-05-20T14:08:34.329Z

Reserved: 2025-05-19T22:33:20.205Z

Link: CVE-2025-4971

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-20T14:08:25.960Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-20T00:15:25.253

Modified: 2025-05-21T20:25:16.407

Link: CVE-2025-4971

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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