IBM i up to 7.6 TCP IP Connectivity Utilities unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM i 7.2/7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component TCP IP Connectivity Utilities. This manipulation causes unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-33103. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM i 7.2/7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component TCP IP Connectivity Utilities. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-33103 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/18/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-15589). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-33103 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-33103
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-309475
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/18/2025 08:25
Updated: 05/18/2025 23:40
Changes: 05/18/2025 08:25 (63), 05/18/2025 23:40 (1)
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