IBM Security Guardium 12.1 insecure inherited permissions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Security Guardium 12.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes insecure inherited permissions. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-3473. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Guardium 12.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insecure inherited permissions vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-277. A product defines a set of insecure permissions that are inherited by objects that are created by the program. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-3473 since 04/09/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-18122). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insecure inherited permissions
CWE: CWE-277 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/09/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-3473 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-3473
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-312313
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/11/2025 18:52
Updated: 06/11/2025 19:48
Changes: 06/11/2025 18:52 (63), 06/11/2025 19:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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