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CVE-2025-36244

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
16/09/2025
Last modified:
17/10/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.40
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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