IBM i 7.6 insecure preserved inherited permissions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM i 7.6. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to insecure preserved inherited permissions. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-2947. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM i 7.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insecure preserved inherited permissions vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-278. A product inherits a set of insecure permissions for an object, e.g. when copying from an archive file, without user awareness or involvement. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM i 7.6  contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect profile swapping in an OS command.  A malicious actor can use the command to elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-2947 since 03/29/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/28/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-11553). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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CNA Base Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insecure preserved inherited permissions
CWE: CWE-278 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/29/2025 🔍
04/17/2025 +18 days 🔍
04/17/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/28/2025 +133 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-2947 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-2947
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-305564
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/17/2025 21:39
Updated: 08/28/2025 20:40
Changes: 04/17/2025 21:39 (62), 08/28/2025 20:40 (1)
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