CVE-2025-36244
IBM AIX privilege escalation
HIGH 7.4
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.12 % · percentile 2 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- ibm
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1, when configured to use Kerberos network authentication, could allow a local user to write to files on the system with root privileges due to improper initialization of critical variables.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-454 — External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | ibm |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-29617
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-36244
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| IBM · AIX | affected 7.2 ; affected 7.3 |
| IBM · VIOS | affected 3.1 ; affected 4.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |