IBM i up to 7.6 unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in IBM i 7.2/7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-33109. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM i 7.2/7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation caused by an invalid database authority check. A bad actor could execute a database procedure or function without having all required permissions, in addition to causing denial of service for some database actions.

The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-33109 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. 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 08/12/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-22521). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
07/24/2025 +100 days Advisory disclosed
07/24/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/12/2025 +19 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-33109 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-33109
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317516
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/24/2025 17:31
Updated: 08/12/2025 04:39
Changes: 07/24/2025 17:31 (62), 07/24/2025 18:12 (1), 08/12/2025 04:39 (12)
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