Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-33103

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: IBM

Product: i

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 15.49% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-15 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33103
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7233799

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