CVE-2025-3473 (GCVE-0-2025-3473)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-11 14:24 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM Security Guardium privilege escalation
Summary
IBM Security Guardium 12.1 could allow a local privileged user to escalate their privileges to root due to insecure inherited permissions created by the program.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-14 03:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-277 - Insecure Inherited Permissions
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7236356 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Security Guardium |
Affected:
12.1
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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