IBM QRadar SIEM up to 7.5.0 UP13 cronjob unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM QRadar SIEM up to 7.5.0 UP13. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component cronjob. Such manipulation leads to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-33120. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM QRadar SIEM up to 7.5.0 UP13. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component cronjob. 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 QRadar SIEM 7.5 through 7.5.0 UP13 could allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges via a misconfigured cronjob due to execution with unnecessary privileges.

The weakness was published by John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Vince Dragnea, Ben Goodspeed and Dawid Bak. The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-33120 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/15/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-25525) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1888). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • IBM QRadar SIEM

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
08/22/2025 +129 days Advisory disclosed
08/22/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/15/2025 +24 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Researcher: John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Vince Dragnea, Ben Goodspeed, Dawid Bak
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-33120 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-33120
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-321050
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1888 - IBM QRadar SIEM: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2025 17:33
Updated: 09/15/2025 22:57
Changes: 08/22/2025 17:33 (65), 08/23/2025 15:25 (1), 08/25/2025 08:20 (7), 09/15/2025 22:57 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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